Hi Mike, I've fiddled with all of the AGC, PRE, ATT, RF, and DSP options on my K3, and still experience a relatively high noise floor - at least compared to an FT-1000 side by side.
I never gave it much thought until these subject came up on the reflector. Cheers, James K2QI -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Harris Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:15 PM To: Bill W4ZV; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Noisy K-3 Receiver G'day, The simple fact is that the faithful will always suggest that the K3 hears more, is more sensitive or is more transparent to band noise etc etc. Also you have to fiddle with the AGC, PRE, ATT and RF gain whereas other radios just sound nicer out of the box. I don't have a problem with fiddling with AGC and equaliser parameters to tailor the receive to my liking, but to have to do it to make it sound acceptable is another thing altogether. There is an often referred to AF filter module which installs on the main DSP board and apparently cuts out a lot of unnecessary high frequency audio. Sadly though often referred to it just isn't being made available despite very positive comment from some of those who have field tested it. The KAF2 filter for the K2 made all the difference in the world to listening to SSB. Regards, Mike VP8NO ______________________________________________________________ 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
