[Elecraft] New K3 is on the way

[Fred Jensen]

Just a note on top of Don's advice, the stock, "out-of-the-box" settings 
on a new K3 are a great place to start.  Basically, you can power it up 
and use as is.  Your's may not be in the stock configuration, but it has 
been in use [?], and I'd recommend playing around with it on the air for 
awhile before tweaking anything.

Secondly, when you do decide to tweak, go slow, use it for awhile before 
another tweak, and only mess with one thing at a time.  The radio is 
almost infinitely configurable and some of the changes may not be 
immediately obvious.  I didn't make this up ... Jim, K9YC, told me when 
I was trying to adjust the RX EQ for SSB and failing.  I of course was 
just moving the settings all over the place and got thoroughly lost.

Fred Cady's book combined with the manual is a winning combo.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org

On 5/9/2015 4:28 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Walk through the Cady book and do the exercises, and by the time you get
> to the end, you will know the K3 capabilities and how to operate it very
> well.
>
> If you want a "quick start", take a look at the K3 menu entries in the
> regular K3 manual (they are listed about 2/3 of the way through the
> manual).  That will give you an idea of how you can customize the K3 to
> your particular tastes and operating desires.  Then equipped with that
> customization information, you can dig deeper into the K3 manual or Cady
> book to tell you how to make the menu changes to your advantage.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 5/9/2015 7:14 PM, KF5WBS via Elecraft wrote:
>> I have a new (to me) K3 on the way along with the Cady book.  I would
>> really like to get a good start with this rig.  Any setup/startup
>> suggestions or experiences from someone who has been there before
>> would be most appreciated,
>>
>> Thanks everyone,
>>
>> Tom KF5WBS