I guess the economic question is whether the cost is worth it to salvage one evening of operating per year or, if you're a contester, four or so hours of planned contest operation.
I'm lucky to live in a rather QRN-free locale - a small town in N.W. Oregon surrounded by open countryside. Even so, I'm occasionally accosted by a very noisy automotive ignition system or - especially if operating portable - a dreaded cheap lamp dimmer. The NB does a fantastic job with that sort of high-peak repetitive interference that would otherwise make any receiver very deaf. For those rare occasions I consider the nominal price of the NB an absolute bargain! Consider it like a "fire extinguisher". It just sits there 99% of the time using up space, but when it's needed.... Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Wilburn Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 8:30 PM To: Chuck Guenther Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Planning kit purchase Thanks for the input. It is not a lot to spend if it helps. David Wilburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chuck Guenther wrote: > Dave Wilburn wrote: > > "Noise blanker-If I am operating from home, is this needed? I'm kinda > on the fence with this one. My only experience with NB are on the > commercial rigs. I understand this one is better, but I have never > really seen any impact from using any of them. The archives seem to > prove that user either love or hate this one. Which does seem unusual > as that is the primary choices." > > I really like the KNB2 noise blanker-- it's more effective with less > spurious responses than the noise blankers in any of my Kenwood rigs > or the Omni 6. The combination of the KNB2 and the NR features in the > KDSP2 really works well, and I wouldn't do without either of these > options. > > 73, > Chuck NI0C > > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
