*Bob, I concur with all your observations. This is the largest FW improvement effecting all styles of operation that I can recall in quite some time.
An S3 noise on 40M this morning was easily eliminated and then a local Ham travelling by was 30db over S9 and I noticed the lack of distortion previously experienced prior to this upgrade. Now we need to be patient to see if the auto-notch feature can be enabled whilst running the new settings. regards, Gary * On 7 May 2012 11:31, Jim Sheldon <[email protected]> wrote: > Don, Gary and the group, > > Wayne's earlier comments about the noise blanker working better turns out > to be an understatement to say the least. Not only has the clarity of > signals improved by being able to tailor the onset of the SW AGC to start > at a higher level and clean up many of the artifacts that created problems > before, but it also allows the IF noise blanker as well as the DSP noise > blanker to work more like most people's concept of what a noise blanker > should be able to do and now does it with FAR less distortion to the > desired signals. This includes using heavy blanking with strong signals > close in. > > I've now been able to eliminate some stubborn power line interference that > has been plaguing me for a couple of weeks and due to recent tornado damage > a few miles South of me, the power company has not had time to find and > cure it yet. They've been busy replacing the temporary lines & poles they > used to get everyone back on line as quickly as they could after the storm. > > Now that they are on the right track, I'll bet there will be quite a few > more improvements to come. > > Jim - W0EB > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile Elecraft Equipment K3 #679, KPA-500 #018 Living the dream!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
