The nice thing about the KDSP2 is that you can tailor the settings to do different things when required. I have had good luck reducing atmospheric and similar wideband noise, effectively lowering the noise floor (sometimes to the point where, in the lack of a received signal, you can hardly tell if the radio is on. I also have the KNB2, which acts on different noise types than the KDSP2.
Bob, N7XY On Mar 10, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote: > I bought one used a few years ago and never installed it until I dug my > radio out of a box and put an antennna back up. I played with them in > the past and thought they made things sound funny. > > However, I also got a new heat pump that puts all sorts of funny noises > on 15M. I switched on the DSP and it shoved the funny noises into the > noise floor which is higher, but much easier to listen to than the goofy > motor noises. > > But I think someone else pointed out that you don't want to use it for > digital modes. > > On Sat, 10 Mar 2012, Jon Perelstein wrote: > >> The area I live in has gotten much noisier (QRN) over the past few years >> and it's killing me. I know that there are stations I want out there -- I >> can kinda sorta hear them but I can't hear them over the noise well enough >> to have a QSO. As much as possible I've checked everything in the house >> and the local telephone poles and one of my neighbors was even kind enough >> to replace the circulator motor in his Koi pond, but the noise level is >> still pretty bad. I mostly operate digital modes on 80-10 (PSK, RTTY, >> Olivia, etc.) with a fair amount of CW and the occasion sideband QSO. >> >> My K2 does not have the KDSP2 (or the KAF2) and the noise level drives me >> nuts. My FT-897 does have DSP, and the problem isn't as bad as on the K2, >> but the effectiveness of the 897's DSP seems limited, especially on digital >> modes. >> >> Is it worth building a KDSP2 or not? Those of you who have one what do you >> think of it. I've listened to the sample on the KDSP2 page ( >> http://www.elecraft.com/KDSP2/kdsp2.htm) and it sounds impressive, but what >> are people finding in real life? Recommendations? Thumbs up or thumbs >> down? >> >> Thanks and 73s >> Jon >> WB2RYV >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > -- > Hisashi T Fujinaka - [email protected] > BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 _____ N7XY DX Cluster Node - telnet to n7xy.net, port 7300 ______________________________________________________________ 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
