Mic wiring info will be on the FAQ this evening. ------------------------- 73, Greg - AB7R Whidbey Island WA NA-065
On Tue Sep 18 11:26 , Don Rasmussen sent: >One of the first things that will happen upon the >release of the K3, is someone will connect a D104 to >it. ;-) > >This can be the worst thing for a radio, or a very >good thing depending on how it is connected. If one of > >the beta's has connected a preamplified D104 to the K3 >I'd like to know what is the specific wiring and that >would be a good thing for the K3 operational FAQ. > >As for CW receive audio, I agree that DSP radios often >sound "strange" as compared to analog radios for a few >reasons. > >The IC756Pro has a lower frequency "rumble" than you >would hear with respect to band noise on an analog >radio. The 500hz DSP filter has a very "hard" skirt >noise as compared to a 500hz crystal filter it's >fatiguing. K3's "context filtering" mode should be >very good for this. > >Then there are AGC differences, the 756pro >is never quiet when the AF gain is turned up. It's a >radio that's better (on CW) to be played at lower AF >levels through walkman style headphones. > >The DSP only Argo V I has none of these >characteristics, and although it's prone to strong >adjacent signal AGC pumping, is a much kinder >implementation of DSP in my experience. > >The adjustable AGC on the K3 will be the biggest >problem solver in my estimation, I can't wait to hear >it. > >Lastly DSP radios sometimes will add artifacts to what >you would hear on an analog setup, unusual sounds of >short duration in the receive audio (see Rob >Sherwood's >Dayton presentation on his website) and Wayne has gone >the long mile to ensure that this in no way will be a >shortcoming in the K3. > >Good things coming - good things coming - mo mojo. ! > >------------------------------------- > >Hi Ron: > >>I read in the previous postings that the CW sounded >better on the K2 >>than the K3. That is a bit of a worry to me. >> >>Icom has the same problem, and quite often this seems >to be a DSP rig >>problem. >> >>How is the SSB souding from the K3 in particular with >weak signals >>deep, deep in the noise? > >In general, I've received just the very OPPOSITE >reports. Most say that >the K3 has some of the very BEST sounding keying that >they've heard! And >this from a number of folks whose opinions I value >quite highly. > >The audio compression of the K3 really adds a lot of >punch to the signal >without introducing a large amount of distortion or >artifacts, and the >bandwidth does not increase significantly, as it does >in some other rigs. > >73, > >Tom N0SS > > >_______________________________________________ >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 _______________________________________________ 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
