I'll chime in with my 2 cents... I operate 99.9% CW. I bought the KAF2 before the KDSP2 was released. I originally wanted the KAF2 for both the clock feature and the audio filter feature (I had money then, and wanted as many features as I could get in my K2/QRP). Now I seldom use either the clock or audio filter. If I use the audio filter, I'll use it at the wider setting (AF1?) - the narrow setting I might use for really rough conditions with wall-to-wall signals - but it generally doesn't see much use. The clock - well ... let's just say that since I bought my Casio G-Shock/Waveceptor/Tough Solar watch ... I get very accurate GMT/UTC from my wrist now.
Would I buy the KAF2 now? Probably not - since the IF filtering does 99% of the work. BUT - first filter setting does a very nice job of rolling off the 'hiss' that you'll hear in a pair of stereo headphones ... so it does make it much more comfortable for those that must operate for a long period of time. For this reason - I'll be keeping the KAF2. If I was interested primarily in SSB - I think I'd probably get the DSP for the simple reason that it will handle noise reduction and filter out heterodynes that always seem to be a factor in SSB reception. 73! Daniel AA0NI _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
