The Grudig has more gain because it is designed to be used with a short whip. The KX3 is built for high dynamic range with full-size antennas, so it will perform better with a long wire, dipole, vertical, etc., cut for the band in use.
But if you have no choice but to use a short whip with the KX3 sometimes, you can increase the PREAMP menu setting to 30 dB (a per-band setting). 73, Wayne N6KR On Aug 18, 2014, at 7:46 AM, Chris Chien <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone said the KX3 makes a descent shortwave receiver using telescopic > antenna. > I connected a whip antenna with loading coil for 20m, and compared the > performance side by side to a Grundig G3 shortwave radio. The latter was > using its own internal telescopic antenna. > However, the G3 radio turned out to be better than the KX3 in terms of both > signal strength and clarity on SSB and AM. > Is this normal for KX3? Has anyone ever tried using the KX3 with a simple > whip? > > 73, > AC9FU > Chris > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
