> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of S Sacco > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] KFL3A-1.0K 1 kHz, 8-pole roofing > filter : Purpose? > > Ever since I started looking at the K3, I've been wondering > about the purpose of the 1 kHz roofing filter. > > It's too narrow for SSB, and, for me at least, WAY too wide for CW. > > What would it be used for? RTTY?
Well, if I'm searching and pouncing for multipliers in a contest I like to tune down the band and hear what I'm coming up on before I get to it. 1 kHz is about right for that. That way I can tune more quickly than if I have to sit on a frequency long enough to see if someone's there -- someone I want to work may be listening to someone I can't hear and I could skate right by them if I went too fast. A wider filter makes this possible. Of course you can use a 2.7 kHz roofing filter + DSP which is exactly what I plan to do, being too cheap to buy the 1 kHz filter. If I were a more serious contester, I'd get the 1 kHz filter. It could mean an extra multiplier or two now and then. 73, Carl WS7L _______________________________________________ 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
