The original question was *NOT* about the K3, but the KX3 which is different than the K3 due to a different design architecture.
73, Don W3FPR On 11/13/2012 9:39 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Conventional wisdom historically has been that a receiver preamp is not > used at 40 meters and below primarily because it is not needed, indeed > it would typically degrade receiver performance. So why is it necessary > to engage the 20 dB preamp on the K3 to get it to hear an S9 signal at > the appropriate level of other receivers? > ______________________________________________________________ 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

