[Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

[Dave Olean]

I used a K3 with the new synthesizer and it workerd great, but with just 
five watts QRP on battery power, I found condx were pretty bad. The 
nor'easter that blew into northern New England did not help. We had high 
winds buffeting the tent and a pretty substantial river developed right 
under the operating table. Apparently things were not so bad farther south, 
but propagation seemed depressed here.  Did anyone else think propagation 
was down? Lots of QSB and watery signals. Maybe our wire antenna was NG, but 
I doubt it. We had three half waves on 20 M  fed with open wire. There was 
plenty of room between other signals on all the bands. The K3 worked 
flawlessly.

Dave K1WHS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blair Bates" <blairbates at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 8:22 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD


> Had the opportunity to operate two, different K3 transceivers, both with
> the new KSYN3A boards, during FD.
>
> A few CW observations:
> 1.  The only way I became aware of a station moving close to me was when 
> my
> "rate" dropped.  A glance at the P3, or opening up the receiver bandwidth,
> always revealed that somebody loud had moved in really close.  Since not
> everyone has K3 . . . my rate fell in what was QRM for other receivers.
>
> 2.  The bands seemed really "big".  I was always able to quickly find a 
> run
> frequency when moving from another band or mode.
>
> 3.  In spite of rainstorms for about 23 hours of FD, the bands seemed 
> quiet
> and lightning crackles were quite subdued.
>
> I'm sure that these observations are routine for experienced K3 users.
> For somebody who is still trying to decide, or is still feeding the piggy
> bank, the K3 has one H3LL of a receiver--especially when equipped with the
> KSYN3A board.
>
> 73, K3YD
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