I agree. I used a short whip simply to see if the KX3 is suitable for portable SWLs. In this case, I would say a short whip doesn't make KX3 a descent shortwave receiver.
73, AC9FU 2014-08-18 23:59 GMT+08:00 Wayne Burdick <[email protected]>: > 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]
