Hi Paul, I own the K2 and K3. Like you, I'm not a contester. I actually prefer the sound of the K2 on CW. To me it sounds warmer and smoother. The tone of the K3 isn't bad and if I didn't have a K2 to compare it to, I probably wouldn't notice. The K3 sounds a little rough or raspy to me as compared with my K2.
Gary, N7HTS On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Paul Clay <[email protected]> wrote: > Could someone owning both the K2 and K3 comment on the respective tone >quality of received CW signals. When using my K2, I often find myself >marveling at the high quality of the received signals; the CW has a melodious >quality that's a please to listen to for hours on end - the signals sound >like someone's sitting at high quality piano tapping out code, very very >pleasing to the ear. Does/can the SDR K3 sound as good? I can't tell from >listening to Youtube videos I've checked out, where people are fixated on >demonstrating the adjacent signal rejection qualities of the K3 (the feature >most often, and justifiably according to all the articles and posts I've >read, touted for the K3). Is the tonal quality I love in my K2 a function of >it being an analog receiver, something I'll have to forgo to obtain the >better selectivity of the K3, or is the difference I appear to notice just a >function/artifact of the Youtube videos I've been watching? > > Thanks, > Paul, N6LQ > > Not trolling for a flame here; it's just I'm not a contester and am not >really interested in giving up any of the listenability and other features >that make my K2 so much fun to use just to get the ability to reject strong >adjacent signals; I'd like to be able to have all of the superior >selectivity and noise reduction features of the K3 without having to give up >any of the great qualities of my K2, and need to get a warm and fuzzy on this >point before making the considerable investment in a K3. Again, thanks in >advance for any helpful observations you can offer! > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
