Re: [Elecraft] K3 Sherwood comments - harsh rx audio?

2008-03-12 Thread Barry N1EU
Yes but just to note that the specific issue raised here concerns RECEIVE audio quality, not TRANSMIT audio quality. 73, Barry N1EU ab2tc wrote: > > Hi, > > If the Ducie and Clipperton island expeditions were used to judge the > transmit audio quality of the K3 (Ducie) and the Pro III, K3 wo

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Sherwood comments - harsh rx audio?

2008-03-12 Thread ab2tc
Hi, If the Ducie and Clipperton island expeditions were used to judge the transmit audio quality of the K3 (Ducie) and the Pro III, K3 would emerge as a clear winner. TX5C audio varies from fair to poor, often muddled with no highs at all. Once when they changed operator, the audio immediately we

RE: [Elecraft] K3 Sherwood comments - harsh rx audio?

2008-03-12 Thread Darwin, Keith
OK, so here's my question. How is the K3 audio compared to the K2? I'm only interested in CW purity and low noise. I remember the K1 sounded great, K2 wasn't quite as good but is still good. I'm assuming the K3 takes another small step downward due to more processing stages. Anyone out there w

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Sherwood comments - harsh rx audio?

2008-03-11 Thread Lee Buller
Dave, The rig sounds much like a IC-765..IMHO. I have found that it is not harsh to my ears, but my ears are not perfect. To many hours with headphones on...to much rock and roll...to much time behind the console at the radio stations. It is much better than the 756PROII and is much more quie

[Elecraft] K3 Sherwood comments - harsh rx audio?

2008-03-11 Thread Dave Hachadorian
I actually listened to the entire Sherwood presentation to the Boulder Amateur Radio Club while I was puttering around today. http://www.sherweng.com/audio/Barc-Edited.mp3 Some of his comments addressed the K3 and were quite complimentary. At 1:12:49 into the presentation, he did mention that