On Fri,9/5/2014 2:08 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
I didn't say that the pre-amp isn't worth the money - I just said that supplying more noise to the ears isn't a good justification for it. It's well known that the K3 needs a pre-amp for effective weak-signal work on the higher bands, but it's not (primarily) because it makes the noise louder - it's because it raises the signals (from the antenna) above the receiver's internal noise.
Exactly. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ 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]
