[Elecraft] Skimmer and the K3S

[Peter W2IRT]

From: Bill Frantz [via Elecraft]
[mailto:ml-node+s365791n7622244h45 at n2.nabble.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 12:53 AM
To: Peter W2IRT
Subject: Re: Skimmer and the K3S

 

Peter - Thanks for your comments. I knew that ham radio was a 
very big tent, but I didn't know that building a station was a 
goal in and of itself for some hams. My view of the tent has 
gotten bigger. 

[pjd] You're quite correct about the big tent and yes indeed there's a place
for everybody. In my younger days I enjoyed kits to some degree but not
anymore. I prefer to buy high-end gear, good antennas so on, then combine
all that hardware with functional software and squeeze every scrap of
performance out of my station that I can. 

I'm not an emcommer at all, and I treat Field Day like any other contest
(i.e. one (small) step short of a blood sport). I love CW although I'm not
particularly good at it. I dislike SSB due to the lid factor and those few
times I'm on digital it's usually RTTY for HF DX or JT-65 for 6m VUCC grids
or new DXCC entities. I love the thrill of the chase and running in a
contest. To me, any Q longer than about 5 seconds is too long <grin>, and
Rate Is King. CQWW and ARRL-DX are the highlights of my ham radio year, as
are the ARRL And CQ 160m contests and DXpeditions to top-10 entities.

My K3S allows me to do *almost* anything I want, but the limitations I've
put forth earlier in this thread are also pretty substantial and something I
was hoping to overcome. My understanding is now a lot clearer, and some kind
of true SDR like a QS1R or similar will need to be added to give me the true
versatility I'm after. And for as much as a Flex 6700 appeals to me, I think
I'm going to stick with what I have until I end up losing too many pileup
battles or I find I'm at too much of a disadvantage in CQWW/ARRL-DX.




- pjd

 

 





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Lovin' my K3S (S/N 10023)
73, Peter W2IRT
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