CW or maybe it's just because CW is quieter than SSB? Phil W7OX-- Sent from my iPhone 5S
> On Nov 19, 2016, at 10:59, Dale Parfitt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't understand the term quiet in this instance because at HF our noise > floor is limited by manmade, atmospheric and galactic noise. If your noise > floor does not increase when you connect the antenna, something is likely > set very wrong. > > Dale W4OP > > -----Original Message----- > From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2016 1:17 PM > To: Bill > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: very quiet on CW > > Welcome to the K3 on CW! > > Yes, it is that quiet!! Try a KX3 it is even quieter!!! > > This radio opened a new world for me on CW a few years ago. > > Even though you don't have the CW filter, you can still utilize the filters > you have, and DSP filtering to narrow your bandwidth down to 50 Hz. > > Your K3 is an amazing rig. > > Keith > K9GL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2016 11:33 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3: very quiet on CW > > > I have not used my K3 for CW, so I have no experience with it. So, a > couple of days ago I decided to give it a try, after all - winter is > coming. > > When I switched to CW mode - things got deathly quiet. Quiet as in all > the background noise vanished - along with most of the signals. I could > see them unchanged on the P3 - but, had to turn up the audio gain to > hear them. With the audio gain up, I could hear everything that my other > rigs were hearing - except no background noise. Compared to my past > experience - this is not normal. > > I am using a K3 set up for SSB and only having the 2.7. 2.1, and 6 kc > filters. Some ACG changes have been made to afford improved arm chair > copy on 75 and 40 meters. > > My question: Have I been missing out on using the quietest CW rig ever > made or is there something wrong with my receiver? It just seems too quiet. > > Thanks, > > Bill W2BLC K-Line > > ___________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 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]
