I have a friend who is considering buying a K3, and last Saturday I brought one of my K3's over to his house to compare with his FT-1000 Mk V. We were able to switch an antenna back and forth between the two rigs and just listen to snr on weak signals, while playing with NB, NR and shift/width. We were listening on the rigs' built-in speakers. Neither rig had a decided advantage in our little test. He also has heavy line noise from a nearby HV line, and neither rig was able to help much with that problem.
However, I was astounded at the difference in audio characteristics between the two radios. The K3 had much more accentuation of high frequencies. One person might call that "crisp," while another might call it "harsh." In contrast the Mk V might be labelled by one person as "mellow," or by another as "muffled." I tried to get the two radios to sound the same by playing with their shift/width, but was not really successful. I'm not sure which sounds better, especially for long-term listening, but they sure do sound different. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ . ______________________________________________________________ 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
