I set my 1.8 to 2.0 for the cut in frequency. I also set my 500 to 600 and my 250(actually is a 370) to 400.
I had thoughts of adding a 1.0 but wound up with the FM instead. I thought 5 filter slots was great excess and now I want 7. 73, de Jim KG0KP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bil Tippett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Trade my 1.8k for your 2.1k filter > Swap has been arranged. A few asked why I wanted to switch so here's > the simple answer. I operate SSB primarily in contests. In the CQWW > SSB I found the 1.8k was a little too narrow when running stations at > high rates (>150/hr). In contests stations often call slightly off > frequency (+/- 100 Hz) and I found myself needing to widen the > passband to ~2.0k for best copy (which kicked in the stock 2.7k). In > fact I never used the 1.8k much in the entire contest. > > When working stations on a single frequency (such as a DX pileup or a > net) the 1.8k works fine when you have time to tune carefully. And > yes I do know how to adjust HI CUT (and Fc) for best readability at > narrow BWs. Hopefully the 2.1k will be a better solution for me in > the ARRL SSB DX Contest in March. > > 73, Bill W4ZV > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
