When I compare 2 radios without using proper test equipment, for one thing I consider is the radio's ability to hear the weakest of signals. I use the same antenna and tune one radio for a weak signal and then switch the antenna to the other radio and see how well it receives that same signal. I continue that for some time searching for the weaker signals.
Loudness by itself is not a proper criteria, and often can be misleading - it has too many dependencies, like how much raw audio power is available? how is the AGC activation making a difference? how much noise is present in the receiver? etc. MDS measurements as described in the XG1 manual can be meaningful and do not take a lot of equipment. If the DMM is not capable of displaying a low audio output level, a 'scope can be used in place of the DMM to measure the AF voltage and give meaningful results. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Yes, two completely different animals. > > I recently bought an Icom IC-7000, my friend Dale got one and if it's > good enough for him it's darned good. My impressions so far are, > Darned Good! But, which would I rather have out on the park here on > our Thursday lunchtime get-togethers? Probably the K1 I'm building. > Which is easiest to pull out of a backpack, throw a wire up into a > tree, and work some CW from the bluffs overlooking Maverick's? Sure I > can take the 7000 places but it needs many lbs of batts. > > The original point was, Why was I able to hear so much more on my 817 > than on my KX1? And I think the conclusion was that I'd not built my > KX1 right somehow, and some testing with a decent sig-gen and seeing > if it would meet factory specs would have shown me that. 73 de Alex > NS6Y. > > _______________________________________________ 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
