Remove the beacon mode and the XG-3 becomes useless for T Hunts :-( Let anybody who wants to play with their XG-3 be responsible for what they do. Given what has been written in this thread, I don't see people rushing off, to build XG-3 amplifiers :-) We have all learnt something in this discussion, so let's build a bridge....... and get over it :-)
73, Jack. VK4JRC Sent from my iPod Touch On 28/06/2011, at 0:32, "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > *PLEASE DO NOT* move forward with *any* amplifier for the XG-3. > > Like John Ragle I have looked at the phase noise from my XG-3 and it > is completely unsatisfactory for beacon use. At -33 dBm it raises the > receiver noise floor by more than 20 dB when measured at + 100 KHz on > 28 MHz and + 250 KHz in 50 MHz. The measured noise floor (MDS) is more > than -110 dBm and at 10W, the XG-3 would make an excellent jamming > device. > > When used as a beacon at even *ONE WATT* the required path loss would > need to be around 100 dB for the phase noise to be below the receiver > noise level and would still need to be 80 dB or more to be below the > local noise level on a "quiet" band. > > If "boots" become common for the XG-3, I would urge Wayne to remove > the beacon capability from the XG-3. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
