Hi Chuck, I was a bit skeptical also about purchasing the K2DSP, It seemed that when using the MFJ DSP with my TS850 (pre-K2), I was never able to hear more with the MJF DSP than without it. I ended up selving the MFJ DSP. However, I never really liked the 270 Hz crystal filter on the TS850 as I always had to tune off of zero beat to hear better.
Anyway I finally bought the K2DSP and it is excellent. You can crank in some audio amplification at the narrower band widths and it really makes the listening easier as the signals will pop out of the noise. In cases where there is no agc pumping the K2DSP is probably better than the IF filter. But to crank in both filters is very nice. Two weeks ago in the foxhunt I had the IF at 200 Hz and the DSP at 100 Hz and I swear it kept me from going insane. In fact I got both foxes at that setting. ;8) I don't use the denoiser at narrow CW bandwidths, but I am still experimenting with it. Its funny, a friend who is now into QRP has an ICOM 703. He says he can't operate cw because he doesn't have a crystal filter. I asked why he wasn't using the dsp. He said he was but it wasn't very effective. I checked out his radio and the manual and it seems that the 703 dsp only does noise reduction. It does not do narrow bandpass at all. He was using the noise reduction to make the cw more readable. It wasn't working out too well. Makes me appreciate the K2-K2DSP. Regards, Steve, W2MY/5 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/176 - Release Date: 11/20/2005 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
