I bought one used a few years ago and never installed it until I dug my radio out of a box and put an antennna back up. I played with them in the past and thought they made things sound funny.
However, I also got a new heat pump that puts all sorts of funny noises on 15M. I switched on the DSP and it shoved the funny noises into the noise floor which is higher, but much easier to listen to than the goofy motor noises. But I think someone else pointed out that you don't want to use it for digital modes. On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, Jon Perelstein wrote: > The area I live in has gotten much noisier (QRN) over the past few years > and it's killing me. I know that there are stations I want out there -- I > can kinda sorta hear them but I can't hear them over the noise well enough > to have a QSO. As much as possible I've checked everything in the house > and the local telephone poles and one of my neighbors was even kind enough > to replace the circulator motor in his Koi pond, but the noise level is > still pretty bad. I mostly operate digital modes on 80-10 (PSK, RTTY, > Olivia, etc.) with a fair amount of CW and the occasion sideband QSO. > > My K2 does not have the KDSP2 (or the KAF2) and the noise level drives me > nuts. My FT-897 does have DSP, and the problem isn't as bad as on the K2, > but the effectiveness of the 897's DSP seems limited, especially on digital > modes. > > Is it worth building a KDSP2 or not? Those of you who have one what do you > think of it. I've listened to the sample on the KDSP2 page ( > http://www.elecraft.com/KDSP2/kdsp2.htm) and it sounds impressive, but what > are people finding in real life? Recommendations? Thumbs up or thumbs > down? > > Thanks and 73s > Jon > WB2RYV > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - ht...@twofifty.com BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte ______________________________________________________________ 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
