I suspect that's about it in a nutshell. People have gotten used to listening to a certain level and quality of noise from the YaeKenIcom crowd that when presented with a receiver this good they are convinced it's "noisier". Noise, which used to be covered up or attenuated by phase noise or other crud in the other rigs isn't in the K3.
People simply haven't been hearing true reproductions of band noise etc... with the other rigs. My own pet theory. Al Lorona wrote: > So what you are saying is the K3 is too quiet for its own good, and that's > what makes it so noisy! > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <li...@subich.com> > To: d...@w3fpr.com; Al Lorona <alor...@sbcglobal.net> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Fri, January 8, 2010 8:46:21 PM > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] RX Test (long) > > > > However, the stopband also has > many leakage products (DAC artifacts) in the stopband some > of which are as much as 50 dB ABOVE the noise floor. > > While these products are well below the desired audio in the > passband, they are "in the clear" as far a local noise. > This requires the ear/brain system to subconsciously work > to reject (filter) the undesired discrete frequency products. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > -- R. Kevin Stover ACØH ______________________________________________________________ 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
