Hello Ron, It's got less gain than my 7800 but I can still hear about 2dB more noise on my antenna than I can on a 50 Ohm load.
I do 6m EME on occasion and I have been successful in monitoring 6m EME QSOs with the K3, so for my setup (7 ele long yagi, Quiet rural area, low loss feeder ) the limiting factor is band noise not RX noise or lack of K3 sensitivity. For others they may need more gain but in general if your antenna is noisier than a 50 Ohm load then you have enough system gain, more gain is unlikely to help as it will bring up the noise right along with the desired signals Elecraft are planning a 6m preamp to go with the K3 in any case 73 Brendan EI6IZ K3 #39 On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 11:51 -0400, Ron Spencer wrote: > Anyone else notice (and I know this will be difficult with hardly any > openings) that the sensitivity of the K3 on 6 is down? Compared to the 746 I > have it seems down quite a bit (even with the K3 preamp on). > > Will be interested to hear what others have to say. Can report off list > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I can summarize for posting. -- Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly untrained, unqualified, expendable professional. _______________________________________________ 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
