[Elecraft] TS-990 (Don Wilhelm)

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Guys - I have now closed this thread twice.
We are way past the threshold for too many posts on a single topic.

Thread closed - really!

73,
Eric
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On 3/11/2015 8:05 AM, Doug Ellmore wrote:
> Don,
>
> Isn't that the nice thing about Amateur Radio,  *different strokes for
> different folks.  **And as our knowledge expands, we can try different
> things or not.*
>
> Myself, I really enjoy integrating a lot of "operating software tools" in
> my station.  But, even with the DX Cluster up in the background, many times
> I just sit listening to a randow frequency or watching the RF spectrum of
> my Win4K3 driven  scope powered by a K3 or KX3.
>
> I can't tell how many times I've been on some random frequency with nothing
> going on, and then  someone pops up and calls CQ or asks if the frequency
> was in use.  Just last night, BD9XE/QRP popped up last night on a random
> 20m cw frequency and I worked him before he was ever spotted.
>
> In this way, I learn about propagation openings, propagation timing, and
> such.
>
> When it comes to radios, the thing that excites me about the K3 and KX3
> rigs are that you can operate using knobs or software.  The Elecraft K3 and
> KX3 rigs gives you the best of many worlds...and over time the gear keeps
> getting better.
>
> *Back to different strokes for different folks*...A radio buddy, K3FK was
> asked by a reporter at our Field Day event in 2013, and I paraphrase, "what
> is it about ham radio that interests him", he answered "what is it about
> catch and release fishing that attracts people?"
>
> Doug NA1DX
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:35:26 -0400
> From: Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] TS-990
> Message-ID: <54FF7FBE.40706 at embarqmail.com>
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>
> I am "old school".  Yes, I have a 6 core AMD computer with 8GB of memory
> dedicated to the ham station, but I do not use it a lot for rig control
> - its main use right now is to give me a panadapter display, but that
> part will soon be replaced by a P3.
> I still paper log, and automated spots do not excite me - I can bring up
> the spots on the computer and then dial the K3 to that frequency should
> I be so inclined.
> It causes me to think about what I am doing in the hamshack.  Those hams
> who arbitrarily click on spots do not excite me.  I prefer to hear the
> DX first rather than just transmitting without regard to others just
> because a spot says there is something of interest at that frequency.
> In other words, if you can't hear them, don't transmit - the ham bands
> would be much more sane if everyone did likewise.  Just my not so humble
> opinion.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
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