On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Steven L Hess <[email protected]> wrote:
> Would adding a BCB filter improve my receiver performance on 75 meter and > up? Maybe. > Would it cut the general RF crud below 75 meters from entering my receiver > and degrading it's performance?. Maybe. The 3000 already has bandpass front-end filters which should get rid of a lot of that but more won't hurt. > I am in a urban environment and am trying to cut down the crud RF that > reaches my Flex-3000. > That is the way to do it. > > I notice that I.C.E. is not accepting orders at this time. Is there a > alternate source as good a I.C.E. for a transceive BCB filter? > Have you checked Array Solutions and Dunestar? They appear to have band-pass filters. > > If I disconnect my antenna system from the back of my F3K I notice I am > getting a S-1 reading on my S meter on 30 meters. It varies by band with 160 > being the first mark on the meter which I guess is a half an S-unit, 75 S-1, > 60 S-2, 40 though 15 S-1 15 and 12 meters 1/2 a S-unit and 10 and 6 zero > S-units. Is this the normal situation or is RF entering my rig by another > path? > It is not abnormal for your transceiver to show a noise level at S1 or above with no signal present and the preamp turned off. Plug in a dummy load and try switching on the preamp. If the noise level as displayed on the S-meter drops, your rig is not picking up anything but internal noise. That is perfectly normal. -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
