Jim: I don't even notice it. The noise is similarly halved, so I just turn the gain to a comfortable level. The "loss" is that half the signal is going to each receiver.
Others can explain it more technically, but I don't notice this "loss" Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Oct 16, 2009, at 4:12 PM, "Jim Danehy" <[email protected]> wrote: > I own K3 # 3355. Love it. Only thing I do not have is the digital > recorder and the sub receiver. I am considering the sub receiver. I > read in the operating manual that there is a -3 db loss when both > receivers are using the "splitter" (common antenna). Is that > interpretation correct ? I would probably not be using two antennas > except on 160 and 80 which I operate sparingly in the winter. If I > use the sub receiver and the main receiver from the same antenna can > you notice the -3 db loss ? As we know that is a halving of the > signal. One db is the lowest difference your ear can detect. > > Jim W9VNE > K2 & K3 owner > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
