Personally, I find it easier to believe that Inrad fixed the problem based upon Elecraft's subjective confirmation of such than I do your totally subjective implication that they might be collectively and intentionally lying to us.
Dave AB7E Robert Wood wrote: > In general K3 owners bought for the high performance "numbers" > > The ARRL numbers on the dynamic range for 1.8 filter in the QST review > provide "great results" but that is subjective - subjective. Far below > expected numbers even if it is better then Brand x > > The hamfest story below is great salesman hand waving - no numbers, no > reposted test results > To claim the problem is fixed implies that there are test results > or to state another way, to claim the problem is fixed without posting test > results is questionable > I doubt the story below was in response to the ARRL article > > It's doubtful anyone will perform a retest - (ARRL certainly NOT) > a Retest by someone outside the firm like Sherwood, etc. would be good > ( although we maybe too busy reading about firmware updates.....hi) > > The ARRL QST article as minimum indicates that not all xtal filters of same > model are equal > > back to RF, Robert w5aj > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Atchley" <hamkt...@att.net> > To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:14 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter > > > At the recent Santa Barbara Hamfest, Eric addressed a problem with the > early > filters in the K3. > > The frequency would change unexpectedly. Eventually the problem was solved > by cleaning. > > It was found that particles left over from the crystal manufacturing were > modifying the freq. > > Inrad is just down the street from Elecraft and together they resolved the > issue. > > > > I use the 1.8 in my K3 (#2241) with great results. > > > > 73, Fred AE6IC > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
