Gents, On the flip side, I - and, apparently, many other operators from whom we've heard on this and other reflectors - have run the K3 for 30+ hours out of a 48-hour contest and not experienced the fatigue you describe. Such fatigue would make any rig an intolerable chore to use and would detract substantially from the rave reviews the K3 has received in contesting circles.
I agree with other post-ers to this reflector that I frequently find myself reaching to turn DOWN the RF gain control (I operate with factory-supplied AGC defaults). In this respect, I don't find anything WRONG with the K3, but I do find it to be DIFFERENT and I have had to modify my listening habits to accomodate that difference, just as I have had to do when changing radios in the past. We all appreciate that igs from different manufacturers have different "sounds;" I would describe the K3 as "less soft" than the TS850, "more precise" than the FT1KMP and "similar" to the Omni VII (I lack experience with Icom beyond using the 706MkIIG mobile). Now that I think of it, this appears to track the evolution of DSP from "none" to "very low IF" to "higher IF." 73 -- Brian -- K1LI On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:26 AM, James Sarte <k2qi....@gmail.com> wrote: > > "I've worked long pileups [with] the FT-1000, and I don't recall ever > having as much noise-related fatigue as I get when I use the K3... It just > seems the K3's noise characteristics seem stronger and perhaps a tad harsher > than what comes out of the Yaesu." ______________________________________________________________ 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
