Hi Geoff,

>> Which could be taken care of by using a 6dB resistive pad, should the
>> lower loss become a problem.
>
> A pity to lose any potential improvement in overall noise figure by
> doing that, especially on the higher bands!

Yep. It would be nice to avoid the resistive pad but any "gain" on the high bands could be detrimental on the lower. A problem if your two favorite shortwave bands are 160m and 10m.

Of course front end attenuation is only a button push away...


> Putting aside the K3 and thinking in the context of receivers in...

Thanks for pointing this out.


vy 73 de toby

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