Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-12 Thread The Smiths
Some of you were interested in what the Filters and such did on the K3 so I wrote this little bit of information up to help you out. I hope you find it useful. If you have any questions feel free to ask off the reflector. Thanks; In brief: Notch: The Notch has an Auto (for SSB use) and a

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-10 Thread Edward R Cole
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Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-09 Thread Don Wilhelm
Gary, Have you read column 2 of page 25 in the manual? What it says is very close to what you have requested - except for explicitly stating that 'some experimentation is required'. It does say which noise sources the IF Noise Blanker is better suited for, and which the DSP Noise Blanker attacks

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-09 Thread Gary Dezern
On Jul 9, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > I am not certain how much more authoritative information you are seeking. > As far as explicit "Here is how you use it" - each individual case or > instance of noise is different and will require different treatment. At least for myself, it

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-09 Thread Don Wilhelm
There was "straight talk" about NR from Lyle Johnson (who designed and implemented the algorithms) in his reflector posts of 8/25/09 and 8/27/09 as well as the information in the Firmware Release Notes for version 3.30 (avaliable using the K3 Utility Help pulldown). Page 25 of the K3 manual has

[Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-09 Thread W0WOI
Excellent thread, several fine responses. This is one for Wayne and/or Eric to weigh in upon with Elecraft concise, straight talk "this is how to use the NB and NR." Over to you guys! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-08 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jeff, I see you have gotten a few helpful answers. Let me add something to your questions about shift and width. The shift and width are mostly helpful for CW and possibly DATA modes - the SHIFT centers your receive passband. A rough estimate of the passband is shown in the lower left graphic

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-08 Thread Jeff Hall (W6UX)
Thanks Gary and "The Smiths" (great 80s band, BTW!) for those very helpful pointers! Can't wait to try those techniques out tonight! 73 de Jeff, W6UX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: ht

Re: [Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-08 Thread Gary Dezern
I can help with some of these (though I'm clueless on the NB...) It helps if you visualize the "passband" of the receiver as a small part of the entire RF spectrum that the radio lets into your speaker (or headphone.) This would be similar to a movable and resizable window on your house - so yo

[Elecraft] K3: Noise reduction tutorial/primer available?

2010-07-08 Thread Jeff Hall (W6UX)
Hi, I've been searching for some operating tips on how to strategically employ the following K3 controls: - NOTCH - NR - NB - WIDTH - SHIFT As good as the manual is, I still feel like I don't understand how these really work and when I should use them to get the best possible results. To da