K3 beta-test firmware revision 4.17 (with DSP rev. 2.65) is now
available. This release includes our new APF (audio peaking filter)
for CW mode, which has been helping K3 field testers work "extreme"
weak DX for the past several days.
For voice modes, there's a "Fast Monitor" option (TX voic
Thanks so much, Wayne, Lyle and the Elecraft crew who worked on this, and
thanks to the alpha and early beta testers. I downloaded the beta version
earlier this afternoon and used it for a couple of hours of CW operation.
Fantastic! Have not had anything like this since my FT-1000 days. My 7800
I loaded the beta firmware so I could see what all the APF buzz was about.
3D2A was spotted on 18070 so I turned the beam and he was there in and out
of my noise level. I turned on the new APF function and peaked the CW
signal. He was now 100% copy. Turned APF off and he was in and out of my
noise
scary with its potential. This is the first time that a DSP
ënhancement has impressed me.
73
John
--- On Wed, 11/3/10, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> From: Wayne Burdick
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Release: APF for CW; "Fast Monitor" & improved TX
> gate for voice mod
Hi,
For the first time ever I am not able to download the zip file. As soon as I
click "save target as", Explorer complains about not being able to download
the file and something about "server returned extended information". Several
attempts yielded the same results. Anybody else have this probl
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 2:22 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Beta Release: APF for CW; "Fast Monitor" & improved
TX gate for voice modes
Hi,
For the first time ever I am not able to download the zip file. As soon as I
click "save target as&qu
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010 13:05:55 -0700, Wayne Burdick wrote:
Good Lord!!
I'm setting here with a very weak carrier tuned in on 10m that is barely
detectable in the noise with my 250 CW filter set to 50hz.
When I turn the APF on it jumps out of the noise and actually sounds like an s-5
or s-6 signal
* On 2010 03 Nov 15:06 -0500, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> K3 beta-test firmware revision 4.17 (with DSP rev. 2.65) is now
> available. This release includes our new APF (audio peaking filter)
> for CW mode, which has been helping K3 field testers work "extreme"
> weak DX for the past several days.
WOW!! I wondered who the pile up was for around 14017 or so. Tuning
down a couple, I heard an S[minus]1 signal I couldn't make out, sounded
like 9A something, sometimes GT[?]. Figuring there wouldn't be a huge
pileup on a 9A, I engaged APF. Right out of the noise, maybe S3 and
easily copyab
>> To use APF, make sure CONFIG:DUAL PB is set to APF. (This is the
>> default. “NOR” restores the original DUAL PB function.)
Given the value of both APF and Dual PB filters, the "menu dance"
to switch between the two is a very big drag. Please provide a
way to select either function (I'd sugge
On Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:20:44 -0400, "Joe Subich, W4TV" wrote:
I agree with you Joe. Long Hold would be my preference.
Tom
Radio Amateur N5GE
>
>>> To use APF, make sure CONFIG:DUAL PB is set to APF. (This is the
>>> default. NOR restores the original DUAL PB function.)
>
>Given the value of
I would also like to thank the Elecraft crew for another great enhancement.
I updated the firmware a few minutes before a local traffic net here.
During the net, I was asked to receive 6 messages from a weak station. With
both the NR and APF turned on, a marginal situation became solid copy.
B
Yes APF came out reel good, very well done! Don´t even know if
it was this good on the FT-1000D, at least not on the units I
did own.
Now if only AM RX was to be fixed I would be happy, as it is
right now AM (not sync AM) RX is more or less useless. It "got
broken" in the DSP code way back. I have
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