> Given the recent discussion on the FT-5000's transmitted phase noise, > it would be nice to see if Bob could provide some independent testing > of transmitters as well.
Sherwood's testing already contains the necessary information on phase noise ... see the LO noise column. From the list, no synthesized transceiver (Perseus is a receiver only) comes anywhere near close to the K3. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 12/1/2010 5:48 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2010 01 Dec 16:19 -0600, Ed Schuller wrote: >> >> >> >> http://www.sherweng.com/table.html > > I understand that Sherwood places a lot of emphasis on 2 kHz BDR. While > that is a worthwhile measurement, I am concerned more about the Filter > Ultimate (dB) column. Not only being 15 dB poorer than than the K3, note > also that the FT-5000 is phase limited in this regard. It will take > someone more educated than I to tell us what that means in practical > terms, but it is one glaring difference between two radios that appear > to be almost identical. Also, the FT-5000 being 13 dB poorer in the 100 > kHz BDR column is also glaring and perhaps telling. > > Given the recent discussion on the FT-5000's transmitted phase noise, it > would be nice to see if Bob could provide some independent testing of > transmitters as well. > > At the end of the day it would appear that the Yaesu engineers have done > their homework in some areas but left room for improvement. > > 73, de Nate>> > > P.S. My K3 is staying put. :-) > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html