Heres one I really dont want to bring up as I have seen so many reports of how effective the NB is on the K3. In fact one of the key factors that tilted me over the edge to buy the K3 was reports that it had the best NB people had used.
This morning the long silent (at least on 40 meters) Chinese or whom ever buzz saw was on again. Not the one that was called the dragon but one that sounds like power line noise buzz. The NB on the K3 was not only totally inefective, but actually increased the noise by several S units. There is no setting of either blanker that even touches the noise, and if using the IF blanker as you increase the setting the noise increased also to the point of at a setting of 7 it was 2 s units stronger. I have also had almost zero effect on power line noise which is very similar type buzz sound. I turned on the other brand X radio which has two blankers, a standard NB and a wide NB, on either setting the buzz was completely eliminated at a low setting of the blanker control. Perhaps there is a way for Aptos to hear that type of noise and twiddle software to make it work on the K3. Sure need some major help on this one, makes the 40 meter band unusable when its on and the blanker does not work. Merv KH7C ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
