[Elecraft] Love me K3 line

[Gary]

I don't get it to be honest.
Why is there an obsession with 1500w?
Seriously, I do not believe I have 'missed' working a popular DX party because I DON'T  have 1500w to play with.
I do know that I can be heard amongst the cacophony of noise in a pileup. Does that make me work harder?....sure it does, but I still get the same thrill of the contact and I don't have as much qrm issues in VK either......it's all relative?
I like my no nonsense kpa500, no more tuning up issues, no expensive amp ir tubes, instant on etc 
Yep I have had a big tube amp in the past and I genuinely don't miss it, really.
So yes I do enjoy my k-line and I have Wayne and Eric to thank for letting me enjoy my wireless....grin
Gary 

-----Original Message-----
From: "brian" <alsopb at comcast.net>
Sent: ‎1/‎02/‎2016 12:58 PM
To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Love me K3 line

The question is why you worked 15 ATNO's.   It may be totally unrelated 
to the K LINE.

One thing for sure you can't defeat the laws of physics.  1500 W -> 500 
Watts is a 4.5 dB loss.  That is huge in a pileup.  So tell me how the K 
LINE makes up for that loss and then some.

73 de Brian/K3KO

On 2/1/2016 2:39 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
> It might be difficult to find anyone here to disagree with you about the
> K3 system, Paul :-)
>
> 73, Phil W7OX
>
> On 1/31/16 5:09 PM, Paul VanOveren wrote:
>> I have worked both S Sandwich and S. Georgia Islands on 4 bands and CW
>> and
>> SSB for ATNOs, # 343 and 344 for my DXCC credits. When I sold my Alpha
>> 374
>> 3 holer amp and purchased the KPA 500 I was somewhat concerned about the
>> pwr output difference. However I have worked probably 15 ATNOs since the
>> switch and have NOT missed working any station that I have wanted to
>> work.
>> The P3 w/SVGA added is a great tool, particulary on CW, looking for a
>> hole
>> to call in when the DX is listening 5 to 20 Kcs up...
>>
>> NF8J
>> Paul
>
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