It will be interesting to see if Peter reviews the K3. The K2 has never been reviewed by him, despite a number of offers of loan rigs.
73 Stewart G3RXQ On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:35:53 +0000, Dave G4AON wrote: > Guys > > It's not rocket science to measure the performance of a receiver... All > you need are a few items of relatively common test gear, calibrated to > national standards if possible. The test procedure is given in some > detail on the ARRL web site. > > No "review" will be representative of all K3s, I've measured similar 3rd > order dynamic range as do our German colleagues... That covers > measurements on four different samples of a K3 - all can't be wrong. To > put the K3 in perspective, in the March 2008 RSGB RadCom there is a > review of the FT2000D by Peter Hart (G3SJX) which gives a 3rd order > dynamic range of 67 dB at 2 KHz spacing... at least 30 dB worse than > most K3 measurements. > > 73 Dave, G4AON > K3/100 #80 > ------------------ > Charlie, > I am sorry to hear that Rob Sherwood's K3 test was performed on a > rig that may or may not be representative off all K3's. It would have been > best if Elecraft had not done any work on it or made any adjustments to it > once it was built by you. Chances are what they did to it did not have any > affect on its performance but we will never know. I hope you will like your > #149 as much as I like my #148. > > John [K7SVV] > _______________________________________________ > 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
