[Elecraft] HD8R

[Bill Lederer]

The 3DA0RU was much harder to work than the Galapagos crew, from the looks
of RBN.  Lots of folks in the local club got S9OK.

w8vln

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 10:44 AM Drew AF2Z <pubx1 at af2z.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Bill.
>
> Sometimes I use the CW msg memories on my K3 but find it is more fun
> with a manual key. I guess it is less monotonous than pushing the msg
> button over and over.
>
> Here are a couple other DX vids featuring the venerable K3:
>
> 3DA0RU
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB4w8arHNjk
>
> S9OK
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qokp7yVYfDs
>
> 7P8RU vid is coming soon...
>
> 73,
> Drew
> AF2Z
>
>
>
>
> On 11/11/21 10:39, Bill Lederer wrote:
> > Drew:
> >
> > Cool collection of keys!
> >
> > Congrats.
> >
> > I was quite lucky to work them with my KX2 and a random wire out the
> > window from my office during work hours. (Big Iron, rather Silicon is in
> > the basement shack.)  I would hit the MSG then PRE to send my call.
> > After several hours of trying I was able to snag them. This was on 15
> > meters.
> >
> > And from what I can tell, they had a super operation. Good ops, and they
> > appeared to hear quite well.
> >
> > Bill
> > w8lvn
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 9:42 PM Drew AF2Z <pubx1 at af2z.net
> > <mailto:pubx1 at af2z.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     I got HD8R with 100 watts CW to endfed wire antenna. Here's a short
> >     video of my trusty old K3 and Bunnell sideswiper in action:
> >
> >     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=folzh8pE6WM
> >
> >     73,
> >     Drew
> >     AF2Z
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 11/07/21 11:05, Jim Sheldon wrote:
> >      > My K3S died a couple of weeks ago and I haven't found the power
> >     supply
> >      > problem yet - difficult tracing as I don't have the board trace
> >     layout
> >      > so finding components off the schematic isn't easy, LOL.
> >      >
> >      > On a lighter not, I replaced it as the shack rig with my KX2 and
> >     I've
> >      > been having a blast trying (and sometimes succeeding) to work the
> >      > Galapagos DXpedition HD8R.
> >      >
> >      > With the ARRL Sweepstakes contest on this weekend, HD8R has been
> >      > concentrating on the WARC bands and so far I've worked them on
> >     20, 15
> >      > and 12 meters (12 just a few minutes ago, using my Tri-Band
> >     Cushcraft
> >      > A3S  beam as the antenna.  Got 'em on the 2nd call much to my
> >     surprise.
> >      > The KX2's internal ATU had no problem matching the beam on 24.894
> >      > (1.0:1) and signals have been pretty decent on 12.
> >      >
> >      > Ant loads on 17 meters too but signals are up and down on
> >     18.074.  Fun
> >      > to keep trying though and the KX2 is running great at 10 watts on
> >     a 5 AH
> >      > battery.
> >      >
> >      > Jim, W0EB
> >      >
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