I do wish the K3 NR was better but for all the negatives I do use it on 40 & 80 with some success on 7-1 and 7-2. It is not totally useless for me. It would be the one thing I would like Elecraft to improve if it was possible.
I absolutely love the K3 APF for weak signal CW work especially on 6m. Without it I would have not worked JA on 6m this past SSSP season. I use notch sparingly but it does work ok for me on SSB as noted below. Filtering...well it is extra special in that department and probably a major reason we own K3s. Keith AK6ZZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Sep 3, 2013, at 10:26 AM, "Allen Brier N5XZ" <[email protected]> wrote: > 1. K3 Noise reduction is next to useless > 2. K3 Notch works great on SSB > 3. K3 APF is occasionally useful (Elecraft needs to make the peak adjustable) > 4. K3 Filtering is GREAT! > > Allen N5XZ > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Stephen Roberts <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sep 3, 2013 12:14 PM >> To: Allen Brier N5XZ <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 using Clear Speech Speaker >> >> I have to say that I agree with you Allen. If there's one thing I'm very >> disappointed with, it's the noise reduction system in general. In my >> experience the noise reduction, notch and AFP functions are not of any use >> to me as a CW op. On the other hand, the narrow filter is amazing. >> >> Steve, W1SFR >> >> >> >> On Sep 3, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Allen Brier N5XZ wrote: >> >>> Now that's something that Elecraft needs to work on, thier internal noise >>> reduction system. I find it almost useless, and I've tried it many times >>> with many settings. >>> >>> Allen N5XZ >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Sep 3, 2013 11:00 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> >>>> Message: 10 >>>> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 07:48:14 -0700 >>>> From: "Ron Midwin" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 using Clear Speech Speaker >>>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>>> >>>> I've been using the Heil version of the Clear Speech Noise Reduction >>>> Speaker >>>> for ~ 5 years. It has a 5 position noise control and I usually leave it at >>>> 1, which knocks down the noise without any negative effects on the sound. >>>> Heil no longer makes it, but I believe it uses similar circuitry. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> My default setting is at 1 out of 5, and this cleans up the harsh noise >>>> very >>>> nicely without noticeable audio degradation. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> When the noise gets really bad, I have used it all the way up to 5, and >>>> still don't find the audio objectionable. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I also have not had a lot of success with the K3 built in NR, but this is >>>> probably due to my lack of understanding how to use it; but since the Clear >>>> Speech works so well, I take the lazy way out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If there's any good updated info on how to use the NR effectively, I'd be >>>> all ears. Maybe someone who really has it working well can do a YouTube? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> My 2 cents. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> >>>> KB6G >>>> >>>> K3 S/N 1997 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> P.S. I still give the K3 a 5+ >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
