You may be thinking of "reciprocal mixing," a measure of receiver performance that is impacted by synthesizer phase noise, spurs, etc.
Wayne N6KR On Apr 2, 2014, at 8:48 AM, "Dave" <d...@g0dja.co.uk> wrote: > There was some discussion about the effects when on receive as well, I seem > to think another manufacturer, not Electraft and not one of the 'big 3' was > shown to be quite poor with it's radiated signals even on receive. Or, did I > read the lab reports incorrectly? > > Dave (G0DJA) > > ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 3:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Why is KX3 phase noise so much less than the K3 ? > > >> Like Don said, "not in receive", but in transmit, driving an Alpha 9500 to >> the full 1500 out, a close neighbor (about 5 blocks away) was noticeable on >> my K3 within 5-10 KHz of his transmit frequency. That said, the FTdx5000 >> was MUCH cleaner than the FT-1000MP he had prior to obtaining the 5000. The >> phase noise & key clicks from the 1000MP were horrendous but at least his >> huge signal did not pump the K3's AGC unless he was within my 400Hz filter >> passband. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
