You can have different filters in the two receivers if you prefer, but it will harm your ability to use the two receivers for split operation or antenna diversity receive which I think are the most important usages. But if weak signal reception or DX is not your goal, you may use different filters to achieve your goal, what ever it is. Operators who are not really attune to operation with both crystal filtering and digital filtering may not realize that you can get most of what you can get from a narrow crystal filter from the digital filter. What you cannot get is filtering of very strong signals in the crystal filter pass band with the digital filtering, but you can filter two signals of about the same strength within several S units. I think the K3 dual receiver setup with identical crystal filtering is the strongest configuration for most operators and certainly for me. Brian may have different criteria and may benefit from mixing filters. He is free to try it and find the configuration that is best for him even if neither Elecraft or I recommend it. I can't see that it will cost anything except Brian's money and Brian's time. If Brian doesn't like what he finds, he can go back to the recommended similar configuration of the filtering in the two receivers. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________ From: David Gilbert <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 possible new option I don't understand. What is it that you think you own? 73, Dave AB7E On 8/20/2013 8:16 AM, Brian Alsop wrote: > I was hoping that we would truly have a two RX K3-- each with its own set of > bandpass filters when configured as independent. > > Perhaps the space where the general coverage filters are now could be > utilized for a second set of filters for the sub receiver. > > If I want general coverage, I'll get a general coverage RX. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > ______________________________________________________________ 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
