While tuning across 80m last night, with APF turned on, I heard a VE6 calling 
CQ. He wasn't very strong and not discernable on the SDR bandscope but his CW 
was as clear as a bell in the headphones. So I gave him a call and got no 
response. He called CQ again so I turned off the APF and his signal became 
totally unreadable in the noise. 
I'm guessing but under these conditions I believe I realized a 10db improvement 
in SNR. For the VE6 to copy me I would need to run  at least 1,000 watts but 
even that would likely not be enough because the K3 alone puts me at a transmit 
disadvantage. 

So I demand a refund for this APF thing....Oh wait....I forgot....It's free. 

Will Elecraft pay my electric bill?

Steve N4LQ
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