On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:56:10 -0700, Lyle KK7P wrote: > >Don't forget the dual passband CW feature of the K3. > >In CW mode, just DUAL PB and adjust the width to the total width you >wish to monitor. Your preferred pitch will be accentuated, but you can >still get band context. > >73, > >Lyle KK7P
I'm looking forward to trying that on a crowded band. So far since I've gotten my K3, every time I turn the rig on band conditions are poor and the signals have been few and far between. For those who asked, here are my RXeq settings. I'm not sure how much use they will be to others. The settings will be dependent on band conditions, speakers/headphones, hearing acuity and personal preference. I expect to be tweaking these settings fairly often. Using a 600 Hz offset/sidetone and a 2.5 KHz bandwidth, here are my present numbers on a noisy 40m daytime band: 50 +16 100 +16 200 +16 400 +10 800 +9 1600 +1 2400 -6 3200 -6 I did these by ear without regard to the numbers. The 3200 band setting has no effect since the CW b/w only goes to 2.8 KHz. At least, I can't hear any effect . I just dialed in the minus-6 number for it to be consistent. I adjusted these with NR off, figuring they would allow less-aggressive NR when I do use it. The low bands are cranked all the way up. They don't contribute any noise that I can hear and I want to be able to hear off-freq signals at these low tones. The high bands are cut just enough to remove the most irritating portion of the noise. But again, not too much as I want to be able to hear the off freq signals. Except for the 400 and 800 bands these setting can probably remain unchanged. But these two I expect to tweak pretty often (my sidetone is 600 Hz). I'll just tweak them on a signal for the best noise margin as I hear it. I wouldn't mind having more than 8 bands of eq up to 3200 Hz. Of couse, only eight bars can fit on the display at one time. Maybe they could scroll right and left if bands 9 through 12 were added? But really, 8 bands works well enough. Once the eq settings are dialed it would be nice to be able to switch back and forth to a flat setting for a quick comparison. Pushing the CLR button restores to flat but then you lose your settings and have to dial them all in again. I wonder if CLR could be made to toggle between your own settings and flat instead of wiping them out? 73, Drew AF2Z _______________________________________________ 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
