Joe, You will be a happy guy with the new K3. Mine is 6 years old but has all the upgrades done here & at the factory so it's the same radio as yours, and the new K3 is incredible. If you don't have the sub receiver, plan on putting that in, diversity is a hoot.
73, Gary KA1J > I can't speak to what the old was like. I just got my K3 built a few days > ago and it is brand new with the new board. > > I had a Flex-5000a and a 6300 I have access too. I am an avid DXer with > very marginal antennas. Last night in the CWT, I hit my highest rate ever > and I am blown away with this receiver. The sound and feel is incredible. > I have never had a radio this good. It is hard to.describe, but it is > amazing. > > 73 to all, > > Joe > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> > Date: 03/04/2015 11:46 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Sherwood Receiver Test Data question > > Dick, > > The "sensitivity" number is incorrect because the K3 Rob tested didn't have > its S-meter and AGC calibrated. He's going to re-test this after the unit is > calibrated. We tested a few K3s with new synths in our lab, and all of them > had sensitivity very close to the first K3 Rob tested. > > On the contrary, the new synth reduces noise considerably over the old (as > much as 20 dB lower noise at a 2-kHz offset), which only benefit all > measurements. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Mar 4, 2015, at 8:56 PM, Dick via Elecraft > <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > Please advise if I am reading the new Sherwood receiver data correctly: > > > > 1) it shows a nice 6-8dB improvement in 3rd order dynamic range after > > adding the new synthesizer? > > > > 2) it shows that the K3's sensitivity has been greatly reduced from the > > original 0.33 & 0.19 to 0.8 & 0.5 after the addition of the new synthesizer? > > If this is true, this would be bad news for weak signal 6 & 10-m. > > reception. > > > > 73, > > Dick- K9OM > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> > ________________________________ > Total Control Panel > Login<https://asp.reflexion.net/login?domain=selectconnect.net> > > To: > [email protected]<https://asp.reflexion.net/address-properties?aID=750607761&domain=selectconnect.net> > From: > [email protected]<https://asp.reflexion.net/address-properties?aID=3098220802&domain=selectconnect.net> > > Message Score: 1 High (60): Pass > My Spam Blocking Level: Medium Medium (75): Pass > Low (90): Pass > Block<https://asp.reflexion.net/FooterAction?ver=2&bl-sender-address=1&rID=750607761&aID=3098220802&domain=selectconnect.net> > this sender / > Block<https://asp.reflexion.net/FooterAction?ver=2&ent=1&bl-sender-address=1&rID=750607761&aID=3098220802&domain=selectconnect.net> > this sender enterprise-wide > Block<https://asp.reflexion.net/FooterAction?ver=2&bl-sender-domain=1&rID=750607761&aID=3098220802&domain=selectconnect.net> > mailman.qth.net / > Block<https://asp.reflexion.net/FooterAction?ver=2&ent=1&bl-sender-domain=1&rID=750607761&aID=3098220802&domain=selectconnect.net> > mailman.qth.net enterprise-wide > > > This message was delivered because the content filter score did not exceed > your filter level. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ______________________________________________________________ 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]
