No, Guy, I don't use NR in a contest. I hardly ever use it at all. Tony was looking for some input, to I tried it out and told him what I found. This is NOT a problem for me at all. 73, Ken K3IU ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 12/14/2010 11:05 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > Well, I don't hear the RX dropping out. What I do hear is the NR > resetting and then readjusting. You get exactly the same delay when > you have NR off and then turn it on. There is no change in the RF > path, as the S meter shows the same level of 160m buzz on input > without a drop out. The "dropout" is independent of AGC. > > The report is not that the RX drops out, but that turning on SUB > somehow causes a slow F 1-2 NR reset in the main radio, as if the NR > had been turned off and on. Listening to the SUBRX with the same > setting of NR, coming on there is no "synch" wait, as if the RX > turning on is known and the algorithm has a startup sequence. Should > the main RX NR get a startup sequence when the SUB is switched on? > > Wayne, Lyle? > > Aside from that, you use NR in a contest? Just for long term ear > comfort, I hope. I always lose very weak contacts in NR. I holler at > the guys at NY4A if I see it on. Lowers the score. The brain is still > the best NR for CW and SSB. NB is another story. T 3-7 or 2-7 with > IF OFF on key clicks is remarkable. > > 73, Guy. > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Ken K3IU<kenk...@cox.net> wrote: >> G'morning, Guy: >> >> CW Mode, 400 Hz bandwidth with 400Hz filter, AGC-F, abt S3 noise level, NR >> ON, NR setting="NR F 1--2" >> >> Guess about a half second. Not a complete audio reduction to no sound at >> all, but a perceptible momentary reduction of the sound. >> >> 73, Ken K3IU >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> On 12/14/2010 10:14 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: >> >> Well, this is very interesting. >> >> While I haven't tried ALL the NR settings, I'm STILL not able to get a >> dropout with NR turned on either. >> >> Tony, Ken, can you supply me with a complete list of all your settings >> when this happens to see if there is some combination of settings that >> will cause the dropout on my K3. In particular all your AGC settings >> from CONFIG: menu. And everything on the front panel you have set. >> >> Perhaps there is a certain combination that introduces the effect. >> >> If you could estimate the length of the drop out in milliseconds, what >> would it be? >> >> 73, Guy. >> >> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:40 AM, Ken Wagner K3IU<kenk...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> G'morning, Tony: >> With the NR turned ON, I experience a >> momentary reduction in audio when >> turning the SubRx ON. With NR turned >> OFF, there is no reduction in audio when >> turning the SubRx ON. >> 73, Ken K3IU >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> On 12/13/2010 9:55 PM, Tony Estep wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Luis V. Romero<lrom...@ij.net> wrote: >> >> ...that annoying momentary dropout in the audio... >> >> The momentary dropout that bugs me is the one that occurs when you turn on >> Sub. As everybody knows, listening to the DX on VFO A and the pileup on VFO >> B is the key to working a lot of DX with modest power and a wire. The K3 is >> the best at this in many ways, but it has the unfortunate habit of >> observing a moment of silence when the Sub button is pushed. I like to turn >> Sub off at times to get rid of the 3db splitter loss, and every time I turn >> it back on to check the pile the radio exhibits this annoying trait. Can >> this be fixed in firmware someday? >> >> 73 Tony KT0NY >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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