Maybe I'm just deaf to the hiss everyone complains about, but I have to say my impression of K3 receive audio is considerably different. I do have the modified board, etc. And I haven't used the internal speaker since the first day I finished the radio.
I do use a pair of RCA 40-5035 speakers that were sold by RatShack some years ago but are long discontinued. These look like the old Minimus 7 but are larger and MUCH better, with a 5" speaker and leaf tweeter. (I have 4 of these in the shack, and use them on everything). The K3 has enough gain to drive them with plenty of audio. In any case, the audio is full, clean, lacking in hiss, and just generally good. I do keep the bandwidth opened up to 3Khz or more if conditions are suitable, and the station(s) on the other end aren't using a straw for a transmit audio filter. I generally find that if the receive audio is "tinny" it's because of what's being transmitted … YMMV, of course Grant NQ5T On Jul 19, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Bill <b...@w2blc.net> wrote: > I am mostly a rag chewer and enjoy "armchair copy" audio. To that end, I > found the K3 was sadly lacking in good receive audio. Too much hiss and too > tinny sounding. In a word, "tiring" to listen to for long periods of time.\ ______________________________________________________________ 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
