Geoff, I think that you hit the nail on the head 'cost'. There are lots of nice things one could do to the K2 such as a better noise blanker, but only a few people would want to pay for them. Good luck with your homebrew extensions.
73 Stewart G3RXQ On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:32:10 -0000, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: > Thanks for the comment Stewart. I suspect that the advent of DSP has put the > > very effective Evasive Noise Blanking technique in the background, perhaps > cost. I would like to try eliminating the IF Gate, and have the blanker's > output switch off/on the LO drive to one of the 'H' mixers in the homegrown > receiver. This should be quite easy as 'logic' circuitry provides the 50% > duty cycle square wave LO to each mixer, but I would probably get myself in > a muddle with timing etc. Worth trying though as then there would be no > blanking circuitry in the direct signal path, other than the input which is > well isolated.. > > 73, > Geoff > GM4ESD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stewart Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Elecraft > Discussion List" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Noise Blanker Wish List. > > > The Trio TS180S had this scheme of noise blanker as well. > > 73 > Stewart G3RXQ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
