[Elecraft] K3 or K3S - HIGH LEVEL simple "how to" for Field Day

[Rick Tavan]

Good approach, Ian. In addition, reserve a half hour or more before the
contest for some direct instruction and hands-on fiddling. Take questions,
warn against messing with Mother Nature, create some new disciples. I did
this for several FDs back in the early days of K3.

73,

/Rick N6XI

On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM Ian Kahn <nv4c.ian at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I loaned my K3 to my club for Field Day (and I did this for several
> years) I created a custom config just for Field Day. It had a number of
> custom settings, like equalizer set-ups for contesting, allowed bands, etc.
> Everything else that I didn't want anyone changing was locked out in the
> config. That way, nobody could break anything. And, if they did, I had the
> K3 utility and a copy of the config file on the laptop we were using, so it
> took all of 2 minutes to restore and be back in business.
>
> Hope this helps. Have a great Field Day!
>
> 73 de,
>
> Ian, NV4C
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> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM <bemeier at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > We are getting ready for Field Day and once again all stations will be
> > Elecraft K3 or K3s.  That is the GREAT NEWS!  Also GREAT NEWS is that our
> > club has many new members since last year.  However, not so great news is
> > that most have never used a K3.  Yes, we will try to have a second op sit
> > with them, but we will have 5 stations and not sure that will always be
> > possible.
> >
> >
> >
> > So - has anyone put together a simple "only touch these knobs or buttons"
> > instruction list for Field Day?
> >
> >
> >
> > I already checked out the Quick Start Guide on page 4 - 6 in the K3
> Owners
> > Manual, but even that goes into lots of detail.  If you just got a K3 or
> > K3s
> > it is perfect.  However, if you are only going to be operating for 1 or 2
> > hours at FD it might take you that long to find what you are looking for.
> > By then the new person might have touched, turned, pushed and pulled
> enough
> > controls so that the most experienced K3 user would have trouble getting
> > back to normal.
> >
> >
> >
> > HELP !!!
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Bruce N1LN
> >
> > President - Orange County Radio Amateurs
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Rick Tavan
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