I've been working in the yard all day rather than having ANY fun at my
bench, so I am a little cranky. I recognize this, and am consciously
going to respond inline with the intent of NOT being overly cranky...
<smile>
On 05/19/18 05:38, Stefan von Baltz, DL1IAO wrote:
- I would like to see Elecraft revising the NR-function. While you can achieve
nearly infinite noise attenuation with the K3’s NR it comes at the cost of
signal intelligibility. At least I have failed to hit a setting for CW which
works for me. The NR also seems to be dependent on AGC settings. With the
IC7851’s NR at ca. 9 o’clock the band noise is cut about in half without
affecting signals, even when they are weak. I do not miss this much in everyday
operation. But the additional band noise really hurts in my ears when doing
SO2R causing fatigue and ultimately increased error rate.
I know NOTHING of the "I" radios including their NR or NB capabilities
or approach.
I DO know that Elecraft's NR system has never failed me. I failed IT in
the beginning, but not PROPERLY EDUCATING myself on its operation and
PRACTICING the task until it become second nature, like tuning the VFO.
Once you have actually used it and understand it, you will find that you
can zoom in on the right NR selection in the heat of battle just fine.
<Smile>
- I continue to be impressed by ICOM’s APF function. Combined with a few dB of
additional amplification in the APF level menu this sort of has become a great
„panic button“ for me when a weak station calls or QRM shows up. Elecrafts APF
is way too sharp for this purpose. Maybe another APF with wider bandwidth could
be added?
Again, I know nothing of the APF function on the "I" brand. But I
absolutely LOVE the APF on my K3s. Yeah, it's narrow.... that's the
point. The trick is to do things right from the beginning.... First,
you need to tune the frequency properly.. Use the FINE setting and dial
it in to the 1 Hz. If you get "lost" use SPOT to get in the
neighborhood again and then tune. This is ONE of the reasons I have the
better TXCO, use a good time source, and keep my set calibrated as
accurately as possible with the tools I have at hand.
You can shift the APF center freq, but that's 5 Hz.... and a workaround
for lazy tuning. Another option is to prepare your presets and set APF
to be ON on one or the other. That way you don't even have to reach
over to that button panel. You can stay below the screen around the VFO.
- Elecraft should consider adding mouse support for the panadapter.
THIS would be great... I'd love to have point and click tuning at least.
- Coming from ICOM rigs I noticed that the knob resolution seems slow. This
sticks out with the filter, RIT and power knobs. Too much knob spinning
required for my taste. However, this may be subjective and there are
work-arounds.
"Slow knob resolution"? You mean high resolution, right? Because
that's what they are. I absolutely love them. Not twitchy at all and
give me finer control over settings.... Again, the key to making these
"slow" knobs hum right along is PRACTICE using them.
- I would also like to see Elecraft using higher quality buttons which are more
responsive. When the K3 came out one of the reasons I never got one was the
wobbling feel of the A/B (and other) knobs. It simply was not compatible with my
style of operation which involves constantly switching VFOs when S&P. Yes,
there are work-arounds, too.
I'm actually 180 degrees out from you on the push buttons..... they are
"wobbly" so you can hit them at larger angles (activation cone). This
is awesome for touch tuning.... mobile.... contesting.... et al. They
actually remind me of the buttons on a lot of military gear.
Y'all have a great evening!
73,
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Clay Autery, KY5G
(318) 518-1389
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