Wow, that's the first time I've done that to my own call sign. Thanks for the input Jack. A K3 just may be in my future yet.
Gary, N7HTS On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:05:00 -0800 Jack Brindle <[email protected]> wrote: > Gary; > > I have both. The K2 now serves as a backup to the K3, but I also use it for >development work, so I probably don't count in the overall statistics. I >plan on giving the K2 to my son (KG6YMN) when he goes to college in a year >or so. That way he will have to work a bit harder to ask me to send money >(rather than just picking up the phone)... > > I was very skeptical about the K3 receiver being better. Wayne kept > assuring me it was. Then I got my K3, and discovered the truth. It is way >better. There are several things. In contests it simply does not crunch, >even when someone is relatively close by (both frequency and distance). The >filters allow me to block folks out when I need to, but mostly they allow me >to reduce the excess noise that tends to give me a headache. I can eliminate >the super lows to get rid of rumble, and the highs that are just pure noise. >And when there is a signal up there that bothers me, I just close the >bandpass down a bit and get rid of it. I wish I could do that on the K2, but >the DSP just doesn't have the capability. I found the noise blanker to be >better on the K2 for getting rid of power-line noise, but an update from >Lyle about three months ago changed this. The K3 now does a very good job. >Of course it has many more settings for the _two_ noise blankers (one in > hardware, the other in DSP), and you have to play with it to get a good >feel for what is going on. I tend not to use the noise reduction, and >several other things simply because they require more thought power than I >am willing to give them on most days to figure them out. In that vein, some >time ago I was playing with the auto-notch function on SSB (it works pretty >well), then changed to CW. I couldn't understand why I couldn't copy any CW >signals for a little while. I believe Wayne has fixed the software so it >turns off the auto-notch in CW. Better to actually hear CW signals that way. > > The K2 sat on my workbench for a while, but it was too lonely. So I moved >it back to the operating bench (where I do most of my development work >anyway) where it looks quite nice next to the K3. And I actually use it from >time to time (usually for testing KRC2 issues and the like). > > By the way, I see I'm not the only one who tends to type two letters > backwards once in a while. But really, did you have to bust your own call? >;-) > > 73! > > Jack Brindle, W6FB > > > On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Gary D Krause wrote: > >> Why do you still have both? The K2 is my main station rig. I >> recently >> considered buying a K3 and even went to the Elecraft web site to >> order it. >> Each time I backed off so that I could think more about it. In the >> end, I >> decided to add a couple of options to my K2. I could still order a >> K3 if I >> want but, I'm afraid my K2 would just sit and gather dust. I don't >> want to >> sell it after spending all that time putting it together including the >> options. I see comments that the reciever is so much better on the K3 >> compared to the K2. How much better? I don't know of anyone that >> has a K3 to >> listen to. I've watched and listened to the Youtube videos but, the >> sound is >> only as good as my pc speakers and the camera that recorded it so, >> that's not >> much to go by. The specs look better on the K3 compared to the K2 >> but, not by >> much. For the kind of operating I do, the K2 is great. The K3 is >> always >> there in the back of my mind, though. In some respects, the K3 >> really sucks! >> ;-) >> >> Gary, N7THS >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
