[Fourlanders] 6 Meter Contest Update

[Gordon Macie]

Receiver must not be too good. Couldnt hear my big signal very well.
Of course the op didn't know who I was either ... He must be getting old 
:) :) :)

Gordon N4LR   (Love Radio)

on a ragged old FT-2000 for 6.

--- On Mon, 6/8/09, Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [Fourlanders] 6 Meter Contest Update
> To: fourlanders at contesting.com
> Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 12:37 AM
> Hello everyone.  I just wanted
> to give you all an update on contest
> preparations for 6.  Without going into all of the
> details of learning the
> ins and outs of a new rig I was able to get the K3 and
> computer setup and
> working today.  I made several contacts on 6 and was
> able to confirm that it
> works and sounds great!  I was even successful at
> getting WSJT to run with
> it.  There are a couple of remaining issues though:
> 
>  
> 
> 1.    The version of Writelog I am running
> is 10.67B dated May 2008.  Not
> really an issue but I suggest that everyone verify that
> they are running
> this version of Writelog.  The K3 worked with it just
> fine by selecting K2
> in the menu and setting the baud rate.
> 2.    There is no jack on the front of the
> K3 for a CW paddle proving
> again that no rig is perfect.  This is going to make
> plugging different CW
> paddles in difficult.  Unless you want to use my
> Bencher I suggest that you
> hard core CW guys come up with a spare paddle that you can
> all live with and
> bring that to the mountain for the 6 meter station.
> 
>  
> 
> In the category of things every rig should do, the K3
> allows you to set a
> delay between the time it keys an external power amplifier
> and the K3
> transmits.  The delay can be as much as 100 ms to
> allow the relays in the
> amplifier to settle.  This means that Bob doesn't have
> to worry about me
> toasting the TR relay in his amplifier and no sequencer is
> required.  Why
> Yaesu, Icom and Kenwood don't do that in their rigs is
> beyond me.  It is an
> obvious and most likely easy thing to do (software). 
> Anyway, I am going to
> leave everything together and continue testing for a couple
> of days.  If
> anyone wants to hear the K3 on 6 just let me know and I
> will get on the air
> with you.
> 
>  
> 
> 73
> 
> Jim, W4KXY
> 
>  
> 
> It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't
> matter how smart
> you are.  If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's
> wrong.
> 
> Richard P. Feynman
> 
>  
> 
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