Phil wrote:
This is the latest news release about the sub receiver:-
/"When we release a product, it has to meet a number of criteria. Raw
performance by traditional measures is just one of these. Fortunately
the subreceiver has met our expectations in this regard, with dynamic
range *virtually identical* to that of the main."/
Hi Phil,
The main and subreceivers use identical circuitry, including bandpass
and crystal filtering, synthesizer, and DSP. They *are* identical.
The only reason I used the word "virtual" when describing the
performance is that the sub and main are both subject to +/- 1 to 2 dB
of variation, as would be any two K3s. This is the limit of the state
of the art in manufacturing and alignment.
Suppose you test your subreceiver and find that its IMDDR3 at 5 kHz is
107 dB, while your main receiver is "only" 105 dB (or vice-versa). Are
these "identical"? No, they're "virtually identical." But in statistics
class we referred to this as a "ceiling effect." Both measurements are
off the charts at the high end of what's possible in a production
radio.
I'm glad to see that we're being held to a high standard of semantics,
as well as performance :)
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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