[Elecraft] The Sherwood report

2010-12-02 Thread Dave Anderson, K4SV
WOW, I have not see this much fur flying in a long time. It was simply a matter of time before a radio showed better numbers than the K3, it had to happen. Now that it has, good for Yeasu. But it does not mean my two K3's do not work anymore or I am not able to use them, Heck No. The fact t

Re: [Elecraft] The Sherwood report

2010-12-02 Thread Paul Christensen
On the Ten Tec Eagle list, Rob Sherwood just posted a very interesting response to the 2 kHz DR rankings being discussed here. Apparently, there's a measurable amount of IMD difference not only between roofing filter production samples, but the manner in which they're inserted. For example, o

Re: [Elecraft] The Sherwood report

2010-12-02 Thread Wes Stewart
I haven't (yet) seen Rob's comments, cited by Paul.  The designers across the pond are well-aware of the IMD effects in crystal filters, for example here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~martein/pa3ake/hmode/roofer_intro.html I have searched for, but have not found, remarks that I recall being made by Wa

Re: [Elecraft] The Sherwood report

2010-12-02 Thread Wes Stewart
An unfortunate choice of terms on my part has caused some confusion. While my particular filter's passband is asymmetrical, something mentioned in passing, the asymmetry I was really referring to is a difference between something on one end of the filter from the other.  It could be either a cr

Re: [Elecraft] The Sherwood report

2010-12-05 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
> So considering the potential effects of asymmetry in the build of > the filter(s) it doesn't surprise that reversing the filter might > make a difference, *if* filter IMD is the dominate factor. Reversing the filter in the mounting does not effect bandpass symmetry. However, if the filter ski