I received my K3 (#1417) Monday, had it on the air Tuesday. I'm using a computer headset plugged into the the back of the radio with a foot switch to leave both hands free. I hunt and pounced about 3 or 4 hours last night in the NAQP. I was amazed at the NR and NB. I have intermittent S9 power line noise here and I can eliminate that. In addition, by playing with the NR setting and the AFX (a great feature that really does help on some signals) I was able to have clear copy on signals that I could barely tell were even there before. I was so impressed that I went and got my wife to show her what it could do. My other radio is a IC-718, so I'm comparing PC to a calculator, but still, very impressive. I've using the latest beta firmware.
I have to say that the steep skirts of the 2.8 8 pole filter were worth the upgrade, it was great to be able to work stations that were less than 1 kHz apart. Rob NV5E > Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:30:26 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 noise blanker > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > CC: > > This is a 'me too'. > > Having, in waiting for my K3, read all sorts of accolades for the NB and NR, > I feel, now that I have the radio in front of me, somewhat deflated. The NB > is, it seems to me, no better than many others I have used (eg TS-850) and > the NR does not seem, to me at least, to be any better than that on the > TS-480 this K3 replaced. And, I have experimented with all the various > settings available and am running the latest firmware. > > Having said that, I remain 95% delighted with the K3. The strong signal > handling is fantastic, I like the ergonomics and the tx audio is simply > excellent. I would not swap it for any other radio. But, the NB and NR > have not lived up to my (maybe unrealistic) expectations. > > 73 Stephen G4SJP > > > On 17/08/2008 20:45, "Bill W5WVO" wrote: > >> Jim Brown wrote: >> >>> Yes, but what is NR and NB doing to signals you're trying to >> copy? >>> It's easy to fool yourself about how well it works when >> listening >>> ONLY to band noise. To be useful, the NB/NR must suppress the >> noise >>> while not doing too much damage to the signal you're trying to >> copy. >>> So far, I haven't been thrilled by what I hear of that. >> >> Have to agree with you on that, Jim. It's definitely a trade-off >> between noise suppression and signal intelligibility. As with many >> things, it works better on CW than it does on SSB. >> >> Once the major promised features of the K3 are in place (still >> waiting for a fix for the SSB>CW VFO offset issue when changing >> modes), I'm hoping the NB and NR code will be thoroughly >> revisited. >> >> Bill W5WVO >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/_______________________________________________ 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
