Our pleasure, Mike. I'm glad it's working well for you. 73, Wayne N6KR
On Jul 30, 2015, at 8:31 PM, Mike Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > I've loaded 5.32 wondering what it does for diversity reception. Here's my > observations: > > My radio is the K3S (built last Saturday). The mismatched filters were robbed > from my old K3 (s/n 398) along with the sub Rx and transplanted into the new > K3S. The "old" radio also has the new Synth boards. In that previous radio I > ran diversity without the 200 Hz filter enabled in the sub receiver, using > instead the stock 2.7 KHz filter which had an offset nearly identical to my > main Rx 200 Hz filter.. My 200 Hz filters were not matched, having been > ordered separately at different times. One is -.91 and the other is -.72 > offset. In the past I had tried to set a compromise of about -.80 on both > filters for reasonable diversity but then they were so poorly aligned that > sensitivity and passbands suffered from being on the steep slopes of the > filters. 200 Hz. filters just don't allow much latitude to compromise the > offsets. > > Now with FW 5.32 I'm listening through both filters at 150 Hz bandwidth in > diversity mode with the filter offsets at their prescribed amounts. I'm > currently listening on 30 meters. I'm hearing weaker signals gently passing > between my ears very slowly with no particular rhythm and with no > woosh-woosh. Those of you using diversity will know what I mean. It's great! > My antennas are a 1/4 wave sloper on the main and a Pixel loop antenna on the > AUX input to the sub receiver. I now don't see a real need to have the 5 pole > filters matched to achieve great diversity reception. This setup is sounding > great! I LOVE IT! > > Without diversity reception I would not have 160 Meter DXCC from my small, > noisy city lot. Now it's just gotten better. > > Great job, Wayne and guys and gals! A great product just keeps getting better! > > 73, > Mike, AB9V ______________________________________________________________ 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]
