Just got new and shinny K3 running barefoot
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Phil Anderson
Hey All,
I feel just like a little kid in a toy store! The K3 arrived on the 10th. Took ten hours to build, just like they said. Stopped at the 10 watt version so I could get on the air today. Just worked my first two QSOs on this lovely machine, W1AW/4 and W7WHO. After thanksgiving I'll add the KPA3 100 watt AMP add-on which also goes inside the case. Still lots to learn about the rig. Proud Pappy! Unc, W0XI
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WA0ITP
Congrats Unc! John Watkins N0EVH has one
also, he has brought it to Brutus - Great rig.
On 11/20/2014 6:13 PM, Phil Anderson
aldenmcduffie@... [4sqrp] wrote:
Hey All, -- 72 WAØITP I love this radio stuff. Back to the bench, Winter's too valuable to waste. www.wa0itp.com wa0itp@...
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Robert 'RC' Conley <rc.kc5wa@...>
Phil; I think you'll find that it is the best xcvr that you have ever owned. I've owned two #3212 & 8361 both upgraded to 100w. You might think about the kxv3a to interface to computer. The rx is superb equalling the K2 (almost) mine #0769
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Phil Anderson aldenmcduffie@... [4sqrp] <4sqrp@...> wrote:
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Welcome to the "club". ;-)
The addition of the P3 makes for a new dimension of working HF. 72, Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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Darryl J Kelly
I'm running K3 #7167, it has the 100 amp and tuner, but I use it mostly at 5 watts CW. I'm always interested in other's AGC, NR and NB settings, along with use of PRE and ATT. Any feedback from you or anyone else would be appreciated.
Darryl, KK5IB
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* On 2014 20 Nov 20:07 -0600, kk5ib01@gmail.com [4sqrp] wrote:
I'm running K3 #7167, it has the 100 amp and tuner, but I use itHi Darryl. With a fair amount of wire in the air, I found that PRE OFF and ATT ON works well along with using the RF Gain to cut the background noise. Most signals on 160m through 30m are strong enough that I don't change those settings. On 20m and above it is the antenna and the strength of the signals on the band that dictate how I set PRE and ATT. AGC settings are a bit more tricky. In CW I use AGC Fast exclusively and sometimes set it to Fast in SSB. Other AGC settings are probably at their stock values except AGC SLP which I have at 008 and AGC THR which I have at 010. Those two settings have probably been among the more discussed settings on the Elecraft mailing list over the four years I've been subscribed to it. I sort of just settled on those values as they sound good to me and seem to work well for my operating. 72, Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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Congrats Uncle Phil! It's a really fine xcvr. :........Walter Dufrain - K5EST........:
On November 20, 2014, at 6:33 PM, "Phil Anderson aldenmcduffie@... [4sqrp]" <4sqrp@...> wrote:
Hey All,
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Robert 'RC' Conley <rc.kc5wa@...>
for the new K3 owner you might find this site <http://n1eu.com/K3/K3_notes.htm> useful. RC
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:07 AM, Walter - K5EST walter.k5est@... [4sqrp] <4sqrp@...> wrote:
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