With the increase in atmospheric noise as the frequency goes lower even in a quiet rural setting I suspect the new proposed mods will be sufficient. Note that both bands are pretty narrow best served by narrow modes the widest of which will likely be CW. PSK31, PSK64, JT65 or the newer JT9 would fit nicely. The increased processing gain of the JT modes would also help with the really weak signals expected of transcontinental or transoceanic sources.
I'm planning to get on with just the K3 and whatever mods are available and hoping that along with some firmware upgrades someone (Elecraft?) comes up with an amp which can come off the transverter TX out. If I have to build one myself I'd probably skip the linear stuff (PSK) and just go with an easier to build nonlinear one for CW and JT modes. jim ab3cv On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Jim Lowman <jmlow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Wayne has stated that, even with the new synthesizer board(s), receiver > sensitivity drops off as we go lower in frequency. > > If any of you are receiving the VHF portion of the spectrum, what type of > receiver or receiving converter are you using? > > That is, short of a $3,000+ communications-grade receiver? > > Thanks for any advice and 73 de Jim - AD6CW > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 j...@jtmiller.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
