[Elecraft] New Digital Mode and K3S Frequency Accuracy

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Sat Jul 15 21:58:41 EDT 2017


Sorry, can't resist.  15 sec vs 47 sec is a 68% decrease in QSO time.  
So, I only have to wait for 32% of the paint to dry? [:-)

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 7/15/17 4:05 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> I know many of you are a CW die hard, but have you tried the new 
> digital mode FT-8?   It is from Joe Taylor, WSJT-X version 1.8.0-rc1. 
> Easy to get up and running.   Specially a breeze with the K3S and its 
> USB communications.     It makes JT-65 and other modes appear like 
> watching an Oak tree grow.   The T/R times are 15 seconds and it 
> decodes about 20 dB deeper than previous versions.
>
> It also has a very nice receiver calibration mode.   I find that on 
> most bands my K3S is reported to have less than 1/2 Hz  error. {Big 
> smile!}
>
> 73
>
> Bob K4TAX
>
> K3S s/n 10163
>
>
> On 7/15/2017 10:21 PM, Jessie Oberreuter wrote:
>>
>> Max,
>>
>>      I know the feeling.  We're also in the middle of the CQ VHF 
>> Contest :).
>>
>> Wayne,
>>
>>      Thanks for the nice qso on 15 :).  It was a nice little break 
>> from spinning the beams and working the noise on 6 & 2 :). SubRx in 
>> the K3 makes it easy to listen omni and beam at the same time :).
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 15 Jul 2017, M. George wrote:
>>
>>> Wayne, the NAQP RTTY contesting going on... it started at 1800Z 
>>> today.  It
>>> goes for 12 hours.  There are a lot of signals on 15 meters, about 
>>> half as
>>> many as I'm seeing on 20 meters here in Utah.
>>>
>>> Max NG7M
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Based on info from dxmaps.com, 15 meters should be open. Hearing a few
>>>> signals.
>>>>
>>>> If you’d like to participate in a 15 meter “flash mob” experiment, 
>>>> please
>>>> drop by on 21040 +/- 5 kHz. Initially, callsigns ending in A-L 
>>>> listen, M-Z
>>>> call CQ (myself included).
>>>>
>>>> Not a contest, no rules, no award credit, just an excuse to get on 
>>>> the air.
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>> Wayne
>>>> N6KR
>>>>
>>>>
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