I completely agree and it was the same revelation for me when I first switched on my K2 on 80m sat next to a FT1k at G6MC contest station: simply astonishing.
David G3UNA > I've read all the posts in this thread and have to say ... I just don't > "get > it". What noise?! If anything my two K3s are too quiet! It has occurred > to me more than once that I might have an antenna disconnected or perhaps > blew out the front-end to the radio. The most distinguishing > characteristic > of the K3 (for me) is how quiet it is when you slip on the headphones. > The > K3 is distinctively quiet compared all the Icom, Yaesu and Kenwood radios > I > own or have operated. I now realize that all the pre-K3 radios I've used > were somehow amplifying or emphasizing the band noise, plus adding a bunch > of digital artifacts, in the audio. I am completely stunned by the posts > here that report "noisy K3 receiver" and escaping to a "quieter" Japanese > radio. > . W4ZV > has posted on this reflector several excellent explanations on how to > properly adjust the K3, or any radio for that matter. I would love to > hear > one of these "noisy K3 receivers" and see how they are configured. > > Ed - W0YK > ----------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
