Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread K9MA
On 5/29/2019 22:12, Jim Brown wrote: BEFORE the days of microprocessors, switch-mode power supplies, and other power control systems that use square waves, nearly all man-made noise was impulse noise. NOW, most of the noise that surrounds us is from those microprocessors, switch-mode supplies,

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread Jim Brown
On 5/29/2019 6:57 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: Noise blankers were designed for repetitive impulse noise, the largest former example of which was ignition noise from vehicles.  They have not ever been very effective against power line hash which tends to be non-impulsive and highly random. Huh?

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread K9MA
On 5/29/2019 20:57, Fred Jensen wrote: Noise blankers were designed for repetitive impulse noise, the largest former example of which was ignition noise from vehicles.  They have not ever been very effective against power line hash which tends to be non-impulsive and highly random. That has

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread Fred Jensen
Noise blankers were designed for repetitive impulse noise, the largest former example of which was ignition noise from vehicles.  They have not ever been very effective against power line hash which tends to be non-impulsive and highly random.  These days, repetitive ignition noise is not a

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread K9MA
I've never found the K3 noise blanker to be very effective on power line noise, and I've tried all possible combinations of settings. If the K4 noise blanker were really effective on line noise, I might buy one. 73, Scott K9MA On 5/29/2019 20:39, Wayne Burdick wrote: There are some

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread Wayne Burdick
> Gary Smith wrote: > > At this time there are no nearby hams to > disrupt my K3s. There are no local AM > broadcasters that come in as overload. I > do have issues with a few 2nd harmonic > stations from the BC band, one for example > from S. America on 1.8400. I won't likely > be using

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread Gary Smith
Thanks for the reply, As I require diversity , the K4D is necessary, as I also require an autotuner, I need that as well. The costs are adding up. I certainly don't want a new rig that has in any way, less capability than the fully loaded K3s I have now. If a K4HD with autotuner is

Re: [Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread Grant Youngman
Any of these things you mentioned might not bother you now BECAUSE you are using a K3. The K4D adds a second A/D chain with dedicated front end filters for whatever band the second receiver is tuned to. Plus diversity reception. I seem to recall some reference to a “wide-band” mode, which

[Elecraft] K4HD question

2019-05-29 Thread Gary Smith
At this time there are no nearby hams to disrupt my K3s. There are no local AM broadcasters that come in as overload. I do have issues with a few 2nd harmonic stations from the BC band, one for example from S. America on 1.8400. I won't likely be using my K4 at a contest site and I am the