On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 05:05 -0700, Julian, G4ILO wrote: > I can always use the FT-817. Just how deaf is the K3 on 6m really, anyway?
Not very deaf at all. It's just not capable of hearing to the thermal nose floor at a good setup. Having said that Stock K3's have managed EME contacts so it's not far off and the stock K3 is definitely better on 6m than many of the other mid priced HF+6m, radios out there and runs veritable rings around the 817 on 6m in the sensitivity stakes. Adding the preamp here ( I am one of the 6m-pre beta testers) to my good set-up (7 element long yagi in a very quiet rural location) helps by a couple of dB, well worth having for weak signal work but makes no difference for 95% of my 6m Contacts If your local noise floor is not quiet then the 6m pre won't help a bit. A quick test is does the received nose level drop significantly (several dB) when you switch from your antenna to a 50Ohm Dummy load? If so then it is unlikely a preamp will help. 73 Brendan -- Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly untrained, unqualified, expendable professional. _______________________________________________ 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
