LOL - "line-of-site contesting neighbor" = whets his call sign??? :)
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wes Stewart Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 5:23 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Older option boards from K3 upgrade Ok, Since I'm the one in the pileups, don't contest and my line-of-sight contesting neighbor runs an ICOM IC-756 PRO III to an ALPHA 8410 he deserves whatever he gets:-) Seriously, if I can figure a way, I'll try to do some real world comparisons. Wes N7WS On 4/25/2017 1:47 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Wes, > > I know of no A/B comparisons, but the Sherwood chart shows a > significant improvement - he has rankings for the K3 with and without the new > synthesizer. > > The lower phase noise may be apparent to you when picking a station > out of a pileup or on a contest weekend with many close-in signals. > > The transmitted phase noise is also reduced, so your ham neighbors > might notice a difference in the width of your transmitted signal. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/25/2017 4:33 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: >> I've seen these rave reviews about the new synthesizer many times. >> Has anyone actually done an A/B comparison in real time with two >> otherwise identical radios. >> >> I have a K3 with the original synthesizer (the actual one used to >> develop the stiffener plate) and a K3S. I have not run them >> side-by-side since I don't have any test equipment with sufficiently low >> phase noise to use. >> Anecdotally, using them one at a time in day-to-day operation, I >> haven't noticed a difference. >> >> Wes N7WS > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
