I find the same thing with my K2. I originally thought that something may be wrong, but listening to the same CW signals on a Heathkit SW-7800 are even worse.
I suspect that what we are hearing is simply the solid state audio section. I could be wrong but I don't think that audiophiles are falling over themselves trying to buy audio amps with LM380 and LM386 integrated circuits. The fact that the odd CW signal sounds perfect is confusing. I am experiencing the same thing. Be interesting to pipe the audio from the detector into a HiFi tube amp. Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 On August 20, 2006 01:48 pm, Mike Harris wrote: > <quote> > Bad: The tone of the 2B is noticeably smoother and purer than the K2. > The K2, while it has a good S/N ratio, has a bit of a hollow tone and a > bit of a raspy or bearly edgey CW tone. The 2B is very pure sine wave. > Very mellow, very nice to listen to. > <unquote> > > This has troubled me for quite a while. Sometimes all CW sigs seem to > have a harsh tone and then you tune into another station that is a pure > note, very odd. Also the chirpy signals seem to be a nice note, albeit > varying. I'm beginning to wonder if there is a harsh note built into some > of the modern synth rigs. SSB sounds OK. > -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada _______________________________________________ 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
