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Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] KX3 DVR
From:       Dom M1KTA <dombaines () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2012-08-31 10:30:53
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Wayne,

Absolutely. Apologies the frustration at not having the DVR was huge as I had a voice \
keyer I home brewed but I had assumed the KX3 had it included, which I now know it \
did not, grrrr!

I am QRT from 6W and C5 and back in UK, unfortunately I did loose the voice for \
couple days, or rather spoke very quietly but activity on cw increased in C5 as \
conditions were lousy for a few days.

I did/do love the KX3 btw... I am trying to figure out if I can obtain a second one \
as a 'spare' rig as when you are the DX and solo it is IMHO essential. Probably would \
manage without the internal ATU though in the second as I have a T1 and would take \
that, or swap the ATU from one rig to the other.

One major niggle was it was very hot and humid was the power folded back several \
times, only additional cooling helped. I will add a finned heatsink, in place of the \
thick strip heatsink and a small copper 1U PC heatsink and fan when I get home as \
going from 10W to 3W mid SSB pile up was a tad annoying for everyone concerned!

BTW I managed to hit DXCC with the KX3 from 6W... not me I managed just 59 DXCC but I \
gave out 112 DXCC 'slots' so RX stations band/mode covered 112 DXCC, not bad for one \
week when QRP, and one of those days was just two hours from an IOTA /P with a \
buddipole :-)

72

Dom
M1KTA



> ________________________________
> From: wayne burdick [via Elecraft] <ml-node+s365791n7561707h5@n2.nabble.com>
> To: Dom M1KTA <dombaines@yahoo.com> 
> Sent: Monday, 27 August 2012, 19:25
> Subject: Re: KX3 DVR
> 
> 
> Dom, 
> 
> We're working on the DVR feature right now. I'm sorry it has taken so   
> long for us to get to it. At the time we wrote the product brochure,   
> we thought we would have it in place within a couple of months, but   
> many things came up that we didn't anticipate. 
> 
> Every release of the owner's manual includes an errata sheet showing   
> which firmware features have not yet been implemented. The DVR has   
> been on this list since the beginning, along with noise reduction and   
> auto-notch. 
> 
> Since we had literally hundreds of requests to "hurry up and finish"   
> the NR and auto-notch features, we prioritized those ahead of the DVR.   
> (Until recently there had been very few requests for status on the   
> DVR.) Of course the NR and auto-notch are now complete, so our DSP   
> engineer and I are now digging into the DVR. It's quite a complex   
> feature so I suspect it will take us until the end of September. 
> 
> As soon as we get it fully implemented, we'll be asking for some   
> customers to help test it. I'll be happy to put you on this list if   
> you'd like. 
> 
> 73, 
> Wayne 
> N6KR 
> 
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