On 22/06/2012 23:47, Paul VanOveren wrote: > You read one bad review on Eham and make that kind of statement.
Who said I read one review?That wasnt a review, it was a comment. I read hundreds of comments and have heard many on-air reports, and have gone through the process myself that the usual k3 setup IMD3 results around the -26 to -27 dB mark at 13.8v in with standard supplied power cable. > ." .Out in the real world the K3 has a bad rep for splatter and imd3 > pro" I have K3 # 758, now over 4 yrs old, and have run it at 100 > watts (as recommended) barefoot, into a Alpha 76 PA @ 50 watts and now > into a Elecraft KPA 500 with 25-30 watts. After more than 5500 qsos > over the 4 yrs, ragchewing, chasing dx and contesting, I have had the > following numbers of bad audio, splattering or key clicks reports, 0 > , zero, nata, none, zlich. Thats what I would expect, so what? The 100w numbers needed to get better, and do with 15v in with a custom heavy cable. We did that, not because it was good fun, but from necessity. > IMHO, to make a statement like that (without any documentation) > is reckless and unwarranted. I have heard many reports from owners and > others, about the FT5000 re: key clicks, splattering, etc, but > certainly would not go on the Yeasu reflector and spread such stuff > around. I documented it for you here. You try to compare your Alpha 76 low drive level situation to those driving 3-500z pairs @ 100w ? It's a different deal. The guys out there should try googling a bit and check out the amplifier forums. I stand by what I said, and said it to provide help to the K3 owners out there that like to improve their imd3. From someone that has first hand gone through the process. ______________________________________________________________ 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
