Bill, Could you refer me to those urls? This is a most interesting thread about NR and NB. To date my K3 is not as good as my 756 PRO III. However, I am still new to the K3 and believe it to be cockpit error. Other than that the k3 is a dynamite box. AGC, interesting will try working with that.
73 Dick KO7N On 5/16/2011 7:27 AM, Bill (K9YEQ) wrote: > Ron, > > I don't have the 5k to compare, but have read and tried all the settings of > the K3 for AGC and NR/NB. I have found the wide variety of settings very > beneficial as I can set the K3 for the best performance in my situation. I > think that a recent post had at least 4 URL's you could visit to help you > understand the settings. The K3 does so much more than any radio I have > owned or own. I can foul up the NR or NB along with the AGC settings just > as well as any good appliance operator can, so some trial and error along > with a technical read on how these functions interact will turn any > appliance operator into a knowledgeable and successful user. > > One more aside: I can get rid of most any noise with AGC settings, but > these will knock the signals down a bit. The electric fence across the > street with S5 signals can be eliminated! But not without some signal loss. > The underlying noise level is around s2-3 most days. > > 73, > Bill > K9YEQ > > -----Original Message----- > I have a K-3, S/N 1997 and was talking to a friend who also has a K-3 on the > air recently. He mentioned that he also recently purchased a Yaesu FT 5000 > and noticed that the noise reduction on the FT 5000 seems to do a better job > of reducing the noise while still having good copy on the signal. > > I told him that I don't use the NR often, and when I have tried it, I also > notice that even in the 1-1 setting the signal seems to lose some of its > clarity. So I'm hoping this is a cockpit issue on our end and that some of > you have your NR working well. Any comments would be appreciated. Other > than this, I still really love my K-3. I also am using the LP-Pan Adapter > and find it really makes my single receiver K-3 almost a Flex 1000 on the > receive, and I can listen to 2 signals via stereo headphones, one in each > ear. > > 73 > > Ron > > AE6RH > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
