[Elecraft] Incredible

[Peter Chamalian W1RM]

It's the first word that comes to mind when I think about my past week as
W1AW/1 and my trusty K3's performance.  As you might imagine, being W1AW/1
on any band really attracts attention, far more that if I were just CQing as
W1RM (:->).  This means some big pileups, and some incredibly weak signals
along with the very strong ones.

 

Well the K3 was up to the job!  I was able to hear much weaker signals with
my K3 than I might have with any other rig I've owned.  Of course there's
not much you can do with 5 guys all jammed on top of each other calling but
turning the AGC off and using a narrow filter (I have the 250 Hz filters)
really helps.

 

I hope I was able to make a bunch of guys happy with a contact (I operated
160-10, all CW except for a few RTTY in the last 20 minutes of the time
W1AW/1 was on).

 

Hats off to the team at Elecraft for a truly fantastic rig!

 

Pete, W1RM