Keith, Under what conditions do you use the 2.1 kHz filter and wish for the 1.8? I ask because the use of a narrow SSB filter makes tuning more critical (and more care is required to get an intelligible signal).
So if you are doing search and pounce in a contest, the extra time to tune with the 1.8 kHz filter may be enough to miss the contact entirely - you would br better off putting up with the QRM and letting the brain do the filtering. But if you are carefully tuning a DX station during a pileup, then the 1.8 might be of some assistance if the pileup is not well behaved - in that case you would have more time to do careful tuning. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/13/2012 10:48 PM, Keith Heimbold wrote: > I am a new owner of a slightly used K3, SN #1391 and I have the 2.8 khz and > the 2.1 khz and I think that between the two of them for SSB, I have an > awesome setup. I am curious about the difference between the 2.1 khz and the > 1.8 khz but not enough to make the purchase decision at this point. I think > it is probably not an educated recommendation to make but I will do so > anyway. I really like the 2.1 khz filter and end up using it all the time > and it does make a difference to me in more crowded band conditions. I have > not owned it long enough to comment on how it performs in contests. Maybe > then I will be wishing I had the 1.8 khz filter instead of the 2.1 khz filter. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
