Re: [Elecraft] APF in CQWW; and DXing in general w/K3

2010-11-30 Thread Barry N1EU
I agree. If you want a lower Q APF, just use 50hz dsp selectivity without APF. 50hz dsp selectivity is an amazing contesting tool to isolate dx from the calling pileup. 73, Barry N1EU Robert Harmon wrote: It is interesting that some of us do not experience too much ringing with the

[Elecraft] APF in CQWW; and DXing in general w/K3

2010-11-29 Thread John Harper
The past weekend's CQWW was the first time I've had the opportunity to use my new K3 in those types of band conditions and I'd been looking forward to doing just that. I SP'ed the whole 'test and used it to tweak and twiddle with the K3's various functions, notably the NB settings. I didn't

Re: [Elecraft] APF in CQWW; and DXing in general w/K3

2010-11-29 Thread Igor Kosvin
You nailed the proverbial nail on the head. The combination of narrow roofing filter, great DSP filtering, cut-off and the feature of zero-beat the pitch to the other station works magic in those pile-ups. Unfortunately, the CWT is not really useful when the DX working SPLIT. In this case you have

Re: [Elecraft] APF in CQWW; and DXing in general w/K3

2010-11-29 Thread Robert Harmon
It is interesting that some of us do not experience too much ringing with the APF when the band is noisy. It works perfectly for me, I wouldn't change a thing. I think the ringing syndrome is a function of how we each use our settings and what we perceive as ringing. I had a combination of