[Elecraft] Rig for camper

[Clay Autery]

I appreciate you complete and considered response!  😁

P3 is sold....  Will post the 2x SP3 later tonight.  Still prayin' over 
the radio's future.  😁

73,

Clay E. Autery, Jr.
KY5G

On 9/14/2023 8:52 PM, Kenneth Christiansen wrote:
> I managed to lose the EMAIL from the ham that wanted to sell his K3S 
> and get a KX3 setup for his motor home. I have been using Elecraft 
> rigs for camping for the last 23 years and sure do like them. I have a 
> 100 w K3S with built in tuner, cw filters, the upgraded low noise etc. 
> I have a K4 at home with the KAT500 and KPA500. My camper is a 16 ft 
> fiberglass SCAMP trailer. I used a KX3 and 100 watt amp for camping 
> for many years. When I got the K4 I considered selling the K3S but 
> instead started using it in my camper. It is so much easier to set up 
> then the KX3 and works better for me than the KX3. I run the K3S and 
> P3 direct off the camper battery and have a 100 watt solar panel for 
> charging. I use a 32 ft vertical mounted on the hitch of my trailer 
> and a 5 to 1 UNUN that operates against the chassis of the trailer on 
> 40 thru 10 meters. I also have a loading coil for 80 and 160 using 
> this same vertical. I find it works so well and is easier to set up 
> and take down than my old KX3 setup. I have talked 300 miles to our 
> 160 meter net several times on Sunday mornings and run form 5 to 50 
> watts on the other bands for CW. The camp spots are often quiet and I 
> fIind I can work more stations from the camper than I can at home 
> because of the lower RF background noise.
>
> To make a long story short I recommend using the K3S in a camper if it 
> is already bought and paid for as you will spend more money setting up 
> another radio in your motor home and it will be less handy to set up 
> and take down and there is no other radio that will work as well in 
> the camper.
>
> 73   Ken W0CZ
>
> I am 81 years old and still enjoying camping
>
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