My uneducated guess, is that on paper there will be a big difference….but in the real world, listening on air and trying to compare the difference, it would be hard to tell them apart. We (and I include myself in this) are too paranoid about every db or dBm that is reported in a test. I guess it’s the same as the power guys - trying to get every watt out of their radio - they complain that their rig is only putting out 95 watts, and they want to turn it up to 100 watts. To make a noticeable difference they would need at least 3 db or a doubling of power.
I can’t remember if it was Eric or Wayne that said - getting your rig to the top of the Sherwood list is really only a great accomplishment for the engineers and designers, because all the rigs in the top 10 will hear equally well for the guys that actually use them on air. 73 John On 28 Jul 2015, at 6:10 PM, Phil Wheeler <[email protected]> wrote: Re "If I had a K3 and a K3S side by side with the same antenna, properly adjusted and tuned, could I hear a difference in signal quality, noise....etc.. ?": Likely a question that Wayne, Eric or someone else at Elecraft alone can address. Few users have had a chance to listen to both rigs :-) 73, Phil W7OX On 7/28/15 8:48 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Good points all around so far. > My goal is DXCC/WAS then work DXCC for each band/mode. I aspire to primarily > do CW but am currently re-learning the code with the goal to be armchair copy > over 20wpm (we'll see how that goes). > The opportunities I have are limited antennas currently and we may yet move > in the next 1-5 years. Currently running a buckmaster 7 band OCF 300w version > directed towards EU. The short term plan is to construct some better > receiving antennas (vertical loop perhaps? Not enough room for proper > beverages). Long term plan is a crankup/foldover tower with two or more > elements on 40/20/15 as high as I can get it. > > At 50 my goal is to buy the last HF rig I'll need (hopefully). > > If I had a K3 and a K3S side by side with the same antenna, properly adjusted > and tuned, could I hear a difference in signal quality, noise....etc.. ? > > Thanks in advance. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
