[Elecraft] KX3 voice compression very impressive

[Walter Underwood]

Funny, I zoomed in on my photo and you can read the display: PRE on, NR off, NB off, filters all the way wide, and background noise S2. Sweet.

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On May 8, 2015, at 4:56 PM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:

> Last weekend I took my KX3 on a backpacking trip in Henry Coe State Park and activated Willson Peak (W6/NC-182) for Summits on the Air (SOTA). It was lovely to operate in such an RF quiet spot.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/walter_underwood/17417496311/in/album-72157652448882921/
> 
> In eight 5W SSB contacts on 20m, every report was 5x. Two reports were 52 and one was 51. The rest were 55 except for a 56 from a mountaintopper on the other side of the valley. I know there was QSB, because it took three tries for one op to get me in her log. My antenna was a 26’ wire thrown over a tree and a 16’ wire on the ground.
> 
> I used the DVR technique to set it up at home — A/B testing settings between the two buffers and choosing the best each time. I adjusted my TX EQ according to K9YC’s advice, which closely matched other reputable advice.
> 
> I’m really impressed that a 5W voice signal was completely readable even with 51 and 52 reports. Nice work, Elecraft.
> 
> I was also very happy at how light the KX3 is. Look at some of the other photos in that albums and you’ll see why. Henry Coe is famously steep.
> 
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