[Elecraft] New K3S

[Peter W2IRT]

My K3S, S/N 10023, arrived a few weeks ago and I couldn't be happier with
it. Never had an original K3, but the receive audio is good and filtering
with the matched pair of 400s and the 250 in the main VFO was stunning
during the IARU contest. I've only played a little bit on 6m and the preamp
does a good job, I guess, but I'm not a big 6m guy to begin with. I have a
very noisy amp (Ameritron AL-1200) that sounds like a jet engine. The K3S's
noise gate makes phone operation so much better. I'm using an HC-5 boom mic
element and without any TX audio EQ, MIC set to 35 (real panel, high) and
compression of 12 to 15 I'm getting superb audio reports on-air. True
plug-and-play in that department. CW TX is great, receive is like nothing
I've ever experienced before (in a *very* good way) and the decode works OK
on strong signals for when the other op is just a bit too fast for my ears.


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Regards,
Peter Dougherty, W2IRT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe
W2KJ
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 5:02 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] New K3S

Howdy Gang:

I wonder if anyone has received a new K3S yet??

Would certainly appreciate any comments as to performance, receive audio
quality, new preamps, etc, etc.

Many thanks for any info.

			73, Joe W2KJ
			I QRP, therefore I am
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