Hearing absolutely nothing from the receiver with the 1-4 NR setting on the dummy load felt a bit unsettling. I then connected a real antenna and tuned up the band until I heard a very weak real signal. Not only does the band noise completely cover up the "encoder ticks" in my location, but also the band noise as well as the very weak signal do get past the noise reduction, so that I hear band noise all the time at any frequency with the 1-4 NR setting active (more noise with the preamp on, as expected), making the rig sound normal to this non-squelch guy. When I switch to the dummy load, the radio goes completely quiet even with the preamp on and both gain controls at maximum. That is OK with me since I don't really want to hear anything on the dummy antenna anyway. Next I tried leaving the 1-4 NR active on 20 CW. With the 1 kHz bandwidth and CW, the this mild NR setting removes so much noise that it is comparable to reducing the bandwidth to 200 Hz. On 20 SSB this NR setting had little effect on the voice audio, but it did reduce noise a lot. I used to turn on NR only when needed, but will try to try leaving it on routinely. I don't have time for firmware download today but plan to do it fairly soon.
73, Erik K7TV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik N Basilier" <[email protected]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:35 PM Subject: Fw: K3 Tuning encoder pulses and birdie problem > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erik N Basilier" <[email protected]> > To: "wayne burdick" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:34 PM > Subject: Re: K3 Tuning encoder pulses and birdie problem > > >> With the DSP NR at F1-4, the encoder tics as well as the normal noise >> totally disappear, with preamp on or off. >> F1-3 or lower still has both the tics and normal noise. F2-3 vs F2-4 >> works the same way. >> I am running 2.76; guess I should update and try again. >> ______________________________________________________________ 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
