I'm arriving at this conversation a bit late, but let me ask this question.
I have a relatively newly assembled K-2, working perfectly as far as I can
tell. I have the KNB2 assembled and ready to install. After reading these
posts, I'm wondering if I should bother to do it. I find, as Ron said, the
filters do a good job with atmospheric noise. I don't have anything else
unusual here in the way of noise. Sometimes I get line noise, but it's so
irritating I usually don't try to work through it. I'll wait it out.
So, should I risk the uninstalling of resistors and cutting of jumpers on a
good radio for the improvement offered by the noise blanker?
Jimmy Walker
WA4ILO
Macon, GA
----- Original Message -----
From: "ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Noise Blanker
Hello all;
I push on a CW "filter" and it does the same thing!
I also press attenuate with same results!
Unh? Noise blanker and/or filter does same thing?
Why?
Because filters and NB may "appear" to remove atmospheric noise, but it's
still there, because it's attenuated. (There's a little more to that but
not here)
Noise blankers work more effectively on man-made noise such as
automobiles, lights, motors, hair dryers (pulse type noise) etc.
Not atmospheric noises.
Oh,
after you did that, you probably had to turn up the volume a bit like I
did.
It make for easier listening though.
Regardless, I love me K1.
(smile)
Ron, wb1hga
W.D. (Doc) Lindsey wrote:
evening here on 30Metres, and the QRN seemed incessant, I [probably]
accidentally pushed the NB button on a K2. And suddenly the noise all
but
disappeared. Since then I have come to use it regularly, as there seems
to
be a whole lot of QRN here in the tiny subdivision. But the NB will
normally knock it down to listenable levels.
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