[Elecraft] WRTC 2014 - Congratulations, Elecraft!...(and firmware update)

[w1gd via Elecraft]

I was a WRTC 2014 volunteer responsible for overseeing 4 different stations. 
Of the 8 radios at these stations, 6 were K3s.  Before the contest started,
we did have a significant issue with phase noise interference from one of
the K3s on 15M when that station was beaming toward the adjacent station
(also receiving on a K3).  The interference made 15M unusable at the
adjacent station.  When we tested with the non-K3 from the same location
with the same beam heading, the phase noise was not a significant problem.
If we reduced the K3 output to 30 watts, there was no problem. Fortunately,
we were able to change out the original K3 with another K3 and that
significantly reduced the problem.

I have used my K3 at a 160M multi-op station and recognzie how important it
is to properly set up the AGC parameters to allow two radios to be on the
same band.  Since we were able to resolve the problem to the competitors
satisfaction, I didn't probe any further into the setting of the K3s.

Gerry, W1GD



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