Hi Bill,
That's a good point. I guess I didn't really think about that since I've
rarely noticed it. Both of my other HF rigs are from the 80's and my K2 #6113
is the newest that I have. I'm use to fighting QRM. Hi! Hi! To me, the K2 is
way better than my other rigs. Now it makes me wonder what I'm missing or
perhaps I should say, not missing, when it comes to QRM. I love to work weak
signals and QRP. I did own Ten Tec rig with DSP for a short time and then
sold it before buying my K2. I didn't like the DSP. If I had a radio that
made it easier, I might get bored with ham radio.
I keep looking at the K3 but, that little voice inside keeps telling me to
wait. I'm not sure why. I'm widowed, I have not children, I can afford it,
and if my xyl were still here, she would tell me to get it. I think I've
become my own worse enemy! Hi!
Gary, N7HTS
On Wed, 7 May 2008 09:09:05 -0700 (PDT)
Bill W4ZV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gary Krause N7HTS wrote:
It's funny you should post at this time. I don't have a K3 but, I was
looking
at the test results on the Elecraft web site just yesterday. I was
wondering
how much difference there really is since the numbers are pretty close.
Gary the numbers might be close at 5 kHz but the K2 (I have #4119) badly
falls apart at less than 5 kHz spacings. I remember the first time I tried
using mine versus my Orion on 160m and it was a HUGE disappointment. I was
listening to an extremely weak YA8G on 1814.0 and could not believe my ears
when I began to hear W1AW code practice on 1817.5 leaking through from 3.5
kHz away. Check out the closer spaced test results by independent testers
like Sherwood and ARRL.
Sherwood's IMD results at 2 kHz:
K2 S/N 1140 - 70 dB
K2 S/N 3170 - 80 dB
K3 (S/N in the 100s) - 95 to 101 dB (depending on XFIL)
http://www.sherweng.com/table.html
The K2 is a great little rig but it's frankly out of its league when you
start prowling 160 for weak signals in the presence of very strong local
signals.
73, Bill W4ZV
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