very Serious Ed ? ;o) The 500 Hz filter is very nice and worth the investment to take the edge off a crowded band like 160, 40 or 20 during any of the "major" CW contests.
I do agree that the DSP filtering is amazingly effective, but having the 500Hz filter kicking in during ARRL 160 noticeably cut some of the overpowering adjacent signals down to a more manageable rumble. It will be interesting to see how many folks were using K3s and made the top 10 in the 2008 contests. I wouldn't be surprised if it was close to half in many categories. Thanks for keeping one of the tough states active! CU in NAQP this weekend. 73, Julius n2wn Ed Gray W0SD wrote: > > > Using two K3's in some serious contest efforts this season starting with > the IARU with a number of top 10 finishes according to unofficial > results I have to back up what has been said on the users group many > times and that is "IF" you are not in some very serious and I mean > serious contest efforts with extreme crowding and big signals there is > ABSOLUTELY no need to spend a lot of money on filters!!! One for SSB, > the one that comes with the radio is excellent and a 500 hz roofing > filter for CW and RTTY is absolutely all you need and use the DSP! I can > guarantee this to be true! I am of course assuming you don't want to do > FM and AM. > > Ed W0SD > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Filters-tp2115998p2119202.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
