If you are hearing a reasonable increase in atmospheric static noise when connecting an antenna on 12/10m, then any further increase in sensitivity is wasted and not making efficient use of the receiver's available dynamic range.
73, Matt VK2RQ > On 6 Nov 2014, at 8:41 am, Hans J Rasmusen OZ7BQ <oz...@yahoo.dk> wrote: > > My K2 (ser 04069) appears to lack a bit of receiver sensitivity on 12 and 10 > Meters. I can hear stations and the static noise when the antenna is > connected, only weaker than on other bands. > I have full TX power output on both bands, so the filters appears to be tuned > correctly.I only noticed the apparent lower sensitivity on 12 and 10 Meters > after adding a KX3 to the station.My plan is to rig the K2 up as second > receiver for split operation on a special RX antenna using the K2 Rcvr > Antenna module. > If the apparent lower sensitivity on 12 and 10 Meters is normal, so be it. > However, I wonder if any one has made the same observations and found a > solution. > > Thank you in advance.73 Hans Jørgen (Joe) OZ7BQ > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 matt.vk...@gmail.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
