[Elecraft] QRP with the KX3

Mon Mar 3 16:55:45 EST 2014

My KX3 #3462 still amazes me as well.  This weekends ARRL DX SSB 
contest was a blast.  Working with 5-10 watts depending on the band 
and a piece of 14ga wire in an apartment, I managed to pull in 114 DX 
contacts from KY equating to 48 DXCC Entities.  While 15 of them were 
our Caribbean neighbors most of my contacts were EU.  I'd say half of 
them were at 5 watts.  My personal best for SSB is VK2WWV at 9477.2 
miles on 5 watts and for JT65 VK6OX at 11,190.6 miles at 5 
watts...both on 10 meters.  My record for PSK31 was FR5HA on 20 meters 
at 9783.1 miles at 5 watts.

I was amazed at how easy I could receive in the mess that 10 meters 
was this weekend.  It seemed like everyone was 1.5khz apart from 
28.300 all the way past 28.900...but the KX3 handled it super well.  
With the 100 watt amp I'm  sure I could have made atleast 500 
contacts...I just couldn't get people to get my full call a lot of 
times...especially the Serbians and then later the JA's, VK's and 
well..anything in Asia.

KX3# 3462 ....3438 contacts logged at 10 watts or less and still going 
strong,

73

Lee Stephens
KK4JSJ

On Monday 03/03/2014 at 10:47 am, Fred Smith  wrote:
> Had mine over a year and it still amazes me at the contacts I make all 
> of
> them phone BTW. Hope to be on Digital sometime this year.
>
> I think the only piece of Elecraft gear I do not own now is the 
> amp/Hi-Power
> Tuner for the KX3. All I can say is "YES" to Elecraft and many 
> "THANKS"
>
>
> 73,
> Fred/N0AZZ
> K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 5210--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100
> P3/SVGA--KAT500--W2
> Amps Elecraft KPA500 HF/6m--Alpha's 9500 HF--87A HF--Mirage B-5030-G
> 300+w--(2) B-5016-G's 165w 2m
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 9:31 AM
> To: Sean Wall
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRP with the KX3
>
> Excellent!  And it will just keep getting better as you get more used 
> to QRP
> operation.
>
> In Summer 2012, I was out back dabbling around using the KX3 at 100 mW 
> CW on
> a dipole at 30 feet, calling CQ on and off at 10106 KHz.  Heard a weak
> signal reply, and cranked up the AF gain into the headphones.
> Worked a QRP backpacker station in western PA from SoCal.  Turns out I 
> was
> on her calling frequency and she was just finished setting up. And she 
> was
> using a KX3 running 250 mW!
>
> 2115 miles on 100 mW is 21,150 MPW one way, the other was 8,460 MPW.
> Others here have similar stories, and none of this is extraordinary.
>
> QRP takes competence, patience, and persistance, but it can be very
> rewarding.
>
> 73,
> matt W6NIA
>
>
> On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 10:09:29 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>
>> Wow, Ted!  That's awesome.  Can't wait to try my KX3.
>>
>> 73, Sean KK4YPE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Keith Onishi <jh3sif at sumaq.jp> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Congratulations, Ted. Excellent job with the indoor antenna.
>>> I have worked 6W2SC from Japan through long path on 14/18 CW and
>>> VP2MRV through short path on 14 CW with my KX3 5W and 2 element 
>>> cubical
> quad.
>>
>>>
>>> KX3 is excellent in QRP. More than that is it can pick up weak
>>> signals with strong signals nearby.
>>>
>>> 73 de JH3SIF, Keith
>>>
>>> 2014/03/03 11:48?Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> ?????
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Did it today:  KMPW (thousand miles per watt) - from /2 in Bellport
>>>> NY to UY6IM in Donetsk, Ukraine, on 10M CW.  Google Earth says it¹s
>>>> 5001.19 miles.  KX3 running on batteries hence limited to 5 watts;
>>>> antenna an indoor dipole strung between second floor bedroom
>>>> doorknobs.  Others have done orders of magnitude better, but the first
> one¹s a kick anyway.
>>
>>>
>>>    Great
>>>>
>>>> rig; wonderful receiver; love it.
>>>>
>>>> Ted, KN1CBR
>>>>
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