The new APF continues to please this CW operator. Like others, I find it works better in some situations than others. But I would not have been able to copy and work RI1FJ (Franz Josef Land) on 160m the morning of November 8 without this new tool.
A few suggestions for using it: 1. Make sure the CW signal is centered in the passband at your selected pitch, before engaging APF. For very weak signals, I always rely on my ear to match the pitch, rather than using the K3 SPOT or CWT features. 2. After turning APF on, use the APF SHIFT (now 5 Hz resolution) and/or FINE tuning (1 Hz resolution) to peak the signal. 3. I've mentioned this before, but I use a Macro to turn on APF,FINE, and RIT with one button push (and another Macro to turn off all these functions). 73, Chuck NI0C K3 s/n 1061 Larry, K2GN, wrote: "Yes, it helps on some signals but not on others. In fact, due to the "ringing" or hollow sound, the weak signal is better copy with normal operations. If have I/II so I can switch back and forth quickly. I use the 400 narrow filter. NR,NB, etc off. Anybody have any suggestions that can bring this station up to what others are reporting that they experience?" ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
