I've noticed the same. Since local noise that I can't cure (yeah, I could write to the FCC, but I'm not supposed to have antennas anyway, so they could just write tol the HOA) is my biggest problem, I want a rig that will help me work through it. I still have a lot of side by side testing to do with the K3 and the FT-2000D, but my initial review has really gone to the K3.
73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Kenneth A. Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ordered my K3 in June of 2007 after a strong local noise level started at > my Fargo ND QTH. (That was the factor that convinced me I needed a K3). The > noise went away for a few months about the time I got my K3 so while I was > pleased with how the K3 took care of the normal noise of the city I did not > know how it would work if the noise came back. Last night I was working the > Elecraft net on 20 meters and KD5ONS was coming in about S7 and about the > best copy I have had on him in months. I turned on my IC-746PRO on 2 meters > to check into the local 2 meter net and noticed the S meter sat at S9. I > switched to AM and sure enough the bad line noise was back. I turned off the > NB on the K3 and sure enough I could barely tell KD5ONS was in there as the > S meter jumped to S8 and Kevin was only S7. I was running the K3 with PRE > ON, ATT OFF, DSP E3-4, IF MED3 and the default width of 400 HZ with the > 500 HZ roofing filter. With the NB ON the S meter would drop to S1 when > there was a break in the action and I was copying stations down to S1 with > no way to know there was any noise in the area. I sure made the right > decision to buy the K3 as this noise problem was here all last summer and > the K2 and 746 just could not do anything about it. I have an MFJ-852 noise > meter and thought the noise was from my own house but pulling all the AC > fuses to the house and and running the rig on a battery showed no change. > There are 8 of us on the transformer which is in my back yard so it could be > coming from any one of my neighbors. At least I don't have to deal with it > this year due to the fact the K3 does such a good job of getting rid of the > noise. The 746 on 2 meters FM can only pick up the strongest stations when > the noise is there and they have lots of noise on them unless the strength > is over S9. This morning the noise is gone but that is the way it was last > year too. I never figured out a pattern to the noise as some times it would > come on for a few seconds and other times it would come on for hours at a > time. > > 73 > > Ken W0CZ > _______________________________________________ > 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
