Fred, your post is good news to me. You make the K3 sound like what I want it to be. I don't have a 250 Hz filter in my 850, just the 500 Hz, so I don't have the ringing problem but a better noise blanker would be welcome and a little less band noise will be welcome. I hardly dare to expect the near absence of band noise that I see claimed, but I will welcome any improvement. I didn't realize just how good the receiver in the 850 is until I tried to use a Yaesu FT-900 in the ARRL 10 meter contest. It had so much intermod and other trash that I had to give up after about 10 minutes and hook up the 850. I can't say that there was none on the 850, but much better. If the K3 improves on that I will be in hog heaven!
Cookie --- Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WILLIS COOKE wrote: > > Fred, my comment was directed at the frequency > > changing method only. Of course I hope for better > > performance from the K3. I have waited for 18 > years > > until I was convinced that there was a better than > > TS-850 receiver available to replace my TS-850, > but I > > am still having a hard time believing that it will > be > > that much better and really eager to find out. > > I really like my 850, and thought long and hard > before deciding to > replace it with the K3. I've had the K3 on the air > about 2 months now, > but 15 days of that we were gone. I had an INRAD > 250 Hz filter in the > 500 Hz position in the 2nd IF in the 850, and it > rang quite a bit. I > sort of got used to it, but listening "down a pipe" > got annoying and > tiring. The K3 DSP is totally ring-free despite the > fact that it has > nearly brick-wall skirts, and being able to > separately adjust the width > and center is just amazing. I haven't tried the > high/low cut yet. The > noise blanker really works, the DSP noise reduction > really works, and I > tried out the DSP notch yesterday on two CW signals > about 90 Hz apart > and was stunned ... as I moved the notch down, I > could totally ... I > mean totally ... get rid of one or the other leaving > one alone and fully > copyable. > > I don't understand all the bruhaha about band > selection on the > reflector, I'm used to the 850, and the K3 is just > like it. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2008 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 08 > - www.cqp.org > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ _______________________________________________ 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
