Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched filters

2009-03-28 Thread pa5kt
The 8 pole filters have no offset. So if you have already an 8 pole filter you just need to buy one. 73 Henk W6/PA5KT Quoting jeff kb2m k...@comcast.net: I'm thinking of upgrading my K3 by adding a KRX3 sub receiver. One of the things I want to try in the near future is diversity

[Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched filters

2009-03-27 Thread jeff kb2m
I'm thinking of upgrading my K3 by adding a KRX3 sub receiver. One of the things I want to try in the near future is diversity reception. Now, I think I need a matched pair of filters to operate in diversity mode? Or does this just pertain to the 5 pole filters? Or, if I already have an 8

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched filters

2009-03-27 Thread Steve Ellington
These are good questions and what kind of problems occur when these filters are not matched? Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com - Original Message - From: jeff kb2m k...@comcast.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:41 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched filters

2009-03-27 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jeff, The filter offsets should be set the same for diversity reception, and for that to happen most easily, the filters can be matched. You may notice a wush, wush sound if the offsets are different. But being practical, the *difference* between the actual offsets of the filters will be

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched filters

2009-03-27 Thread Steve Ellington
, 2009 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched filters Jeff, The filter offsets should be set the same for diversity reception, and for that to happen most easily, the filters can be matched. You may notice a wush, wush sound if the offsets are different. But being practical

Re: [Elecraft] K3 sub rx matched filters

2009-03-27 Thread Vic K2VCO
Don Wilhelm wrote: Supposedly, the 8 pole filters do not have to be matched (they do not have offset numbers associated with them), but in practice, they may have a small offset and some ''tweaking of the offset values may be required to eliminate the wush, wush sound when using diversity.