Did you try the DSP upgrade? Have you pulled the front panel off and cleaned the contacts with Deoxit?
Does age start to factor in to this observation? I know everything in the past is always better.....Ie we tend to forget how things really were. At 47 I have some loss of hearing at certain ranges due to issues with my ears as a child. My FT101EE did not sound better than my K3. On 12/4/11 8:53 AM, Merv Schweigert wrote: > Finally someone who hears what I hear, Im sure this thread will bring > out the > raving crowd of "mine is just fine". > I have the exact same problem in pile ups, and would sure like to see the > parameters changed to be able to adjust more to move the threshold higher. > There was some attempt to "fix" this some time back but it stopped short of > actually working, the agc settings came about but they did not go far > enough > in the adjustment ranges. > Also the audio has been a problem for me for the 3 years I have owned > the K3, > it is rough or raspy sounding especially in a pile up situation, > whether its the > audio itself or something generated in the radio that comes out sounding > like > rough audio I do not know. But compared to my old analog radio it sounds > harsh. It is very tiring after a contest. I know all the comments on how > nice every ones sounds, mine does not, and apparently I am not alone. > And no I am not bashing the K3, its my radio of choice, I have tried > every setting > and every "trick" suggested in the past 3 years and cannot get a > satisfactory > outcome on audio or AGC pileup management. > Thanks Fred I thought I was the only one. 73 Merv K9FD/KH6 >> Neat site but unfortunately none of the audio clips demonstrate the >> pileups heard at dx locations like C6AAW. Once again this year the K3s >> AGC failed to perform adequately for us. I found many times I just had >> to turn AGC off. Signals were much cleaner and more distinguishable. >> I think there are two things going on. First, I think the threshold >> cannot be set high enough. The maximum is around S3 according to my >> measurements. Thus, when you have a pileup of signals all in the S3, S4, >> S5 region, which is common, AGC is compressing them together. When AGC >> is off, these signals are now in a linear region of the transfer curve >> and can be distinguished more easily. Second, and this is hard for me to >> judge since it has been a while since I've used an analog audio >> processing radio like the TS850, the audio doesn't sound "good". I >> dunno. I think there is an inherent harshness(?) to digitally produced >> audio as compared to analog audio. I'm not an audio guy, for sure. >> >> Sadly, I suspect top contesters are beginning to look for another radio >> to replace the K3 :-( >> >> 73, >> Fred >> KE7X/C6AKX/C6AAW >> >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
