I also gave my K3 a pretty good workout in the 7QP. 1370 QSOs and about 220,000 for a claimed score.
73 de Tom (K7ZZ) On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Julius Fazekas <[email protected]> wrote: > > You were solid here anytime I heard you Dale. > > nothing wrong with wire antennas, even the "lowly" dipole ;o) Uber short > antennas may present more of a challenge, but lotsa great ear's out there. > > I had a few more problems with the mobiles, but envisioned them in canyons or > behind mountains from time to time ;o) (either natural or man made!) > > QRP continually provides great surprises, lots of fun and a heck of a lot > fewer RFI and other problems :o) Definitely easier to move around the world > with a lil' QRP rig. > > Cheers, > Julius > > Julius Fazekas > N2WN > > Tennessee Contest Group > http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html > > Tennessee QSO Party: Sunday, 6 Sept 2009 > http://www.tnqp.org/ > > Elecraft K2/100 #4455 > Elecraft K3/100 #366 > > > --- On Wed, 5/6/09, Dale Putnam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Dale Putnam <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] 7QP whaaahoooo! >> To: [email protected], "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:17 PM >> >> >> >> #yiv457815505 .hmmessage P >> { >> margin:0px;padding:0px;} >> #yiv457815505 { >> font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I failed to give credit where credit is very much >> due... the &qp operation was enmtirely on a K2, at less >> than 5 watts out, and on 80/40/ es 20 with only wire >> antennas... yes they are a little longer than the standard >> dipole... well.. most are. And a vertical. >> >> So.. how does this all work? Well.. chalk it up to a >> K2 that does the yeoman duty, with a rx that allows single >> signal reception, most of the time... even with a QP that >> stacks folks. So.. thank you... very much, Wayne and Eric >> and all the folks that made the K2 happen... and that >> continue to make Elecraft happen. >> >> Yep Julius... qrp... is there any other way....most >> of the time? *G* >> >> --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy >> >> >> >> > Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 11:11:05 -0700 >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 7QP whaaahoooo! >> > >> > >> > QRP Dale??? >> > >> > Did you guys have any 10M activity? >> > >> > There was a nice opening to New England on Sunday >> here. One guy in New >> > Hampshire was shocked I was running QRP SSB and coming >> in at 5 over S9... >> > didn't last too long. >> > >> > Other than being slow at opening and closing windows, >> I hopped from CW to >> > SSB to RTTY all weekend with the K3 with great ease. >> > >> > I did have to watch the RF and AF gain when >> going/coming from RTTY. For some >> > reason, I thought the audio out was not affected by >> the front panel >> > controls. Had a lot of help from an anonymous fellow >> from this reflector >> > with some of the RTTY setup details, which is why I >> like hanging here so >> > much :o) >> > >> > Lotsa K3s in the New England QSO Party, and even a few >> K2s (mine included). >> > I still enjoy the K2 on CW, just sounds so warm and >> mellow (no technical >> > references implied). With the K3, I was able to copy >> individual CW stations >> > virtually on top of each other, which happens a lot in >> QSO parties... >> > >> > 73, >> > Julius >> > n2wn >> > >> > >> > Dale Putnam wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > Well, ok, so I am a bit late with this... but >> that let the dust settle a >> > > bit from the weekend of activity. >> > > >> > > And... now we can relax, breath deep, and some of >> the lucky ones get to >> > > go to a couple really nifty hamfests. In the >> meanwhile, some of the rest >> > > of us... will be standing outside... looking >> up... wondering if.... >> > > hmmmm... if only.... and maybe if.... >> > > >> > > But the truth is in the results, and considering >> that there were so many >> > > QPs this weekend, it was a kick. The results for >> me? Well.. if the >> > > logcheckers don't find a lot wrong, the score >> won't change a lot.. >> > > from.... 222Qs with 47 mults, and a score of >> 27.9K... but no WAS... even >> > > on 3 bands... good golly. (Maybe if.... oh.. oh.. >> he's back to that >> > > again.. ) >> > > >> > > loook out.. another antenna is about to be >> born.... *G* >> > > >> > > But the one's you have must work pretty well? >> Sure.. but maybe just one or >> > > two more would be better? >> > > >> > > Think she will go along with it? >> > > >> > > --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _________________________________________________________________ >> > > Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! 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