Is there a possibiity in K3 to upgrade the firmware? I presume it is much more difficult than a setting in a menu somewhere. There is NO setting for keying rise time, and there never has been. The de
Gee, lies continue to be repeated as fact, just as with politics! The K3, K3S, and KX3 CANNOT be made to click. Most other modern radios click by default, and can be made to click even more by menu s
Because they are dumber than they look. The generally poor performance of Yaesu and Icom rigs in this regard are evidence of this fact. And because users think fast rise times are needed for well def
The results are additive -- rise time causes clicks, overdrive causes clicks. and forgetting to plug in the ALC cable on the amp. WRONG! Using ALC between the rig and the amp is a CAUSE of clicks and
If you are very rich, or if you don't wish to give your XYL part of the decision. Any ham who decides where to live solely on the basis of ham radio contesting is a narrow fool who needs to get a lif
Rules have a VERY strong relationship to where you live, and you stated that you can choose where you live. Look, for example, at the most recent ARRL DX CW scores at the entry of N6WM from superstat
Rather than "think," it would probably be far better if you were to STUDY the documentation for modern radios and the impartial testing done by ARRL Labs, and published on their website. I have done
That depends ENTIRELY on scoring rules. We has hams have gotten used to the definition of a DX contest as one where number of contacts is multiplied by number of multipliers, and the ONLY multipliers
The modifications described by this conversation were to improve the clarity of keying, not to eliminate clicks. I understand this so there is some possibility a small K3 population is operational a
Just to mention one, the TS 590 S (and most likely the newer model SG) are excellent CW-rigs without any tendency of clicking. Apparently you did not bother to read TXNoise.pdf In it, I observed that
K3LR is 2,000 miles closer to EU and AF than CA, WA, and OR, but about 500 miles farther than W1/3. The fact that you consider that proof that distance doesn't matter shows that you don't understand
Living where I'm at a 5:1 to 10:1 disadvantage, I've never even thought of it as an issue. :) Your fixes would fix a lot for a bunch of folks. Thanks and 73, Jim _____________________________________
What are you smoking? That's not "ham ingenuity," nor is it the ham spirit. It's rationalization, it's about MONEY and PRIVILEGE. I and many others appreciate setting up VY1JA's remote station and op
CQWW SSB USA win in 2013 SOABHP 7,529,827 points 4,338 Qs 160Z and 472 C. N2IC is also a poor example. New Mexico is NOT the "west coast." Although a superb operator, Steve is >1,000 miles from San F
I suspect that the magnitude of the difference probably depends on the contest. Quite a few years ago, N6ZFO, whose job in pharama development included lots of statistics, did an analysis for NCCC sa
To call his location a mountain top is a bit of an exaggeration, at least for New Mexico. Mesa yes, mountaintop no. Maybe in IL, but not in NM. :^)= I've studied his QTH in Google Earth. It's a QTH w
On Tue,3/1/2016 7:06 AM, David Siddall wrote: Last September N6RO in the CQWW RTTY reported that from his 2-operator multi-multi that 780 JA QSOs were completed out of 2806, or about 28% of all QSOs.
A cable shield must NEVER be connected to anything but the shielding enclosure at the point of entry. Putting that another way, a cable shield must ALWAYS be connected directly to the shielding enclo
On Tue,3/8/2016 11:10 AM, Jeff Clarke wrote: Did anyone else notice there were again a lot of DX stations that weren't signing their calls for a long period of time? You can directly attribute this t
Congratulations on a fine effort, Neil. And take pride that when you worked me, you not only had a pretty decent signal from IA, it was a 5W signal out of your noise! 73, Jim K9YC ___________________