I have only had the K3 for a few days and have already experienced a couple of headaches from listening to hours and hours of SSB in rag chews and nets on 75 meters. When compared to my trusty Kenwood TS-480, the K3's receiver was far too harsh.
I process the receive audio through a Behringer mixer panel and into a pair of Behringer Ms40 speakers - hence, both radios get the exact same chance at sounding really good. I did some research into the problem and read what other ops had done to correct the problem. Then I applied those gleanings to my K3: I run the 2.7 filter open (full WIDTH) I set the SHIFT to 1.3 (mellows things out a little) The AGC SLP is set to 15 (this slayed the wow-wow dragon) The AFX Delay at 2 (can change with the mood) RX EQ: +3 +3 +2 0 +1 +1 +1 -1 (you can play with this forever) Now I have that wonderful Kenwood receive audio back. Couple that with the arsenal of the K3's QRM/QRN tools afforded by the DSP and a 2.1 filter - and I can hear through almost anything. I am impressed with the K3 - it is a keeper - affording fine listening quality. There are two more receive dislikes I will be working at getting rid of: 1. General background hiss - which is more noticeable on the K3 than the 480 (even using the ATT and reducing the RF Gain). I live in a quiet rural location - it should be quieter than it is. 2. The NOTCH (auto) - introduces an unpleasant variation to the signal - specifically, a slight warble. I am open to suggestions and comments. Bill W2BLC -- Sent from my blackboard - written in chalk ______________________________________________________________ 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
