Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-04 Thread Mike Flowers
. Taylor, WB6UUT Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 10:47 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass Can you say "masking tape?" I knew you could. On 3/3/2014 9:54 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: > I don't think the LCD will work well after a good co

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-04 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT
Can you say "masking tape?" I knew you could. On 3/3/2014 9:54 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: I don't think the LCD will work well after a good coating of Rustoleum! __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/ele

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP BYPASS

2014-03-04 Thread mikerodgerske5gbc
I don't think it's possible. Some dsp functions are not available with AGC off. Sometimes it's quieter with AGC off and reduced rf gain but not always. After 3 years, the best way to reduce hiss for me is to reduce hi cut (on ssb) sometimes to 2.4,sometimes 2.1. I would think in a contest you

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Don Wilhelm
The K3 is an SDR transceiver. That means that the filtering, modulation, and demodulation (as well as noise reduction and many other functions) is done in the digital domain. One cannot disable the DSP processing of the K3 without disabling the entire transceiver for both transmit and receive

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Don Wilhelm
The LCD will work just fine, but the customer may not be able to see the icons and values. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/4/2014 12:54 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: I don't think the LCD will work well after a good coating of Rustoleum! Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cava

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread WILLIS COOKE
1:31 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass On 03/03/2014 08:55 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > Maybe Elecraft will offer different color faceplates for the K3? Hey, we're not appliance operators!  What ever happened to homebrewing?  Your local Ace Hardware has Rustoleum in dozens of desig

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Alan Bloom
On 03/03/2014 08:55 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: Maybe Elecraft will offer different color faceplates for the K3? Hey, we're not appliance operators! What ever happened to homebrewing? Your local Ace Hardware has Rustoleum in dozens of designer colors. :=) Alan N1AL __

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Gregory
Maybe Elecraft will offer different color faceplates for the K3? Anyone like Pink?...or Purple?...or ? TIC folks.. Gary On 4 March 2014 13:50, Scott Manthe wrote: > $18,000+! And for more than 4 times the price of a loaded K3, you get 4dB > better close-spaced dynamic range. That is only

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Scott Manthe
$18,000+! And for more than 4 times the price of a loaded K3, you get 4dB better close-spaced dynamic range. That is only $3K per dB. On the plus side, they do come in 4 colors, vs. the K3's one. I'm sure people will be lining up to buy them. 73, Scott, N9AA On 3/3/14 10:42 PM, Ray Sills wro

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Ray Sills
That's one of those items where if you have to ask the price,. you can't afford it. 73 de Ray K2ULR On Mar 3, 2014, at 9:28 PM, tnny...@yahoo.com wrote: Here is the latest 100% Analog Radio on the market today. http://www.hilberling-usa.com/ Even Rob Sherwood raves about it! BTW, don

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Scott Manthe
How is a radio with direct digital synthesis and DSP processing 100% analog? 73, Scott, N9AA On 3/3/14 9:28 PM, tnny...@yahoo.com wrote: Here is the latest 100% Analog Radio on the market today. http://www.hilberling-usa.com/ Even Rob Sherwood raves about it! BTW, don't worry about the pri

[Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread GDR
Good question Vic, do we still call it "detection" or is it more appropriately conversion? I thought at one time during all my button pushing on the last year fiddling with the K3 settings, I was sure I remember the LCD display reading DSP OFF but I could never get it to happen again. At the tim

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread tnnyswy
Here is the latest 100% Analog Radio on the market today. http://www.hilberling-usa.com/ Even Rob Sherwood raves about it! BTW, don't worry about the price.  It's only Money :-) 73 Milverton. On Monday, March 3, 2014 8:17 PM, Vic Rosenthal K2VCO wrote: Not without a big hardwa

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Vic Rosenthal K2VCO
Not without a big hardware modification. The detection (do we still call it that?) -- conversion to audio is done in the DSP. And a lot of other stuff. On 3/3/2014 5:32 PM, GDR wrote: Can the DSP in the K3 be bypassed? In other words, can it be operated as a conventional superheterodyne receiver

Re: [Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread Bill W2BLC
Last really quiet production rig I used was a TenTec Corsair - fully analog. I should have never sold it - best 160 rig I ever had. Dead quiet winter bands and signals would just jump out at you - sort of like a signal breaking squelch on FM. Bill W2BLC K-Line ___

[Elecraft] K3 DSP bypass

2014-03-03 Thread GDR
Can the DSP in the K3 be bypassed? In other words, can it be operated as a conventional superheterodyne receiver without any processing? Would be interesting to do A/B comparison testing. Years ago I had a Ten Tec Omni 6 Plus, a great radio except for the horrid DSP hiss. I always wished I could