Stan, Those who are complaining are the exceptions to the rule.
There are thousands of K3 users that are not complaining. There are a few, very vocal complainers here. 73, Bob W5OV (with no complaints) -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of sr...@swbell.net Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 1:41 AM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Noisy K3 receiver You guys may be exceptions to the rule. The # of complaints seem to far outweigh what you two guys are saying. I'm not saying you are wrong, just that it seems that a lot of people are hearing a problem. I have SN/0690 and to my ears it has always been on the noisy side. Some of this may be due to ignorance about how to set up the K3 properly. I am pretty sure that is true on my end, in part. I have never tried to dig deep enough in the manual or the menus to try and make the situation any better. It is a little intimidating to me and that is why I have never dug too deep in to the menus to try and make things better. I hope to change all this in the near future. I am catching up on the mods and upgrades and with an updated manual I hope to have some success in making my K3 sound better to MY ears. Ed, I most definitely have never felt like that my K3 was TOO quiet. Lots of background static and hash that is fatiguing to listen to. I don't know what else to say...I know I am not imagining it. I would much wrather listen to my TS-830s, but I have hung in there with the K3 knowing that there is light at the end of the tunnel. I just have to figure out what page that is on in the manual. hi hi Stan Rife W5EWA -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Ellington Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 1:10 AM To: w...@msn.com; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Noisy K3 receiver Ed I agree. I have no idea what these people are talking about. I've had a lot of radios. My last was the IC-7800 which sat beside the K3 for a month until I sold it. I can't imagine what this noise is that people think they hear. Perhaps a .wav file from someone would be helpful. Steve N4LQ n...@carolina.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Muns" <w...@msn.com> To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Noisy K3 receiver >> I've had #1823 for just over a year, and I still don't like >> the sound of the receiver. That's the reason the K3 sat in a >> box for months while my trusty FT-1000mkV sat on the >> operating desk (until the MkV went on strike in the middle of >> the SS CW :-( > > I've read all the posts in this thread and have to say ... I just don't > "get > it". What noise?! If anything my two K3s are too quiet! It has occurred > to me more than once that I might have an antenna disconnected or perhaps > blew out the front-end to the radio. The most distinguishing > characteristic > of the K3 (for me) is how quiet it is when you slip on the headphones. > The > K3 is distinctively quiet compared all the Icom, Yaesu and Kenwood radios > I > own or have operated. I now realize that all the pre-K3 radios I've used > were somehow amplifying or emphasizing the band noise, plus adding a bunch > of digital artifacts, in the audio. I am completely stunned by the posts > here that report "noisy K3 receiver" and escaping to a "quieter" Japanese > radio. > > I've been using K3s 11 and 17 ever since the field test units first came > out. I've kept current with all the updates and mods so despite the early > serial numbers, these radios are equivalent to what is currently shipping. > I always have the latest field test firmware in both radios. This is > pre-Beta and pre-production firmware that has never interfered with my use > of the radio. I use the radios primarily for CW, RTTY and (rarely) SSB > contesting, plus a bit of DXing. It took me a full month of using the K3 > to > finally accept the fact that its receiver is so incredibly quiet compared > to > any other radio. I thought something was wrong! And yet with the greatly > reduced band noise in the headphones, extremely weak signal are easy to > copy. 80 and 160 are like new bands, more like the higher bands, with my > K3s. And the pile-up/crowded band receive capability is far superior to > any > radio I've ever operated. > > I'm not doubting the reports here on the reflector about "noisy K3 > receiver", but I have to say that either the specific radio has a major > defect or the various gain and AGC controls are not setup correctly. W4ZV > has posted on this reflector several excellent explanations on how to > properly adjust the K3, or any radio for that matter. I would love to > hear > one of these "noisy K3 receivers" and see how they are configured. > > Ed - W0YK > ----------------------------------------------- > Ed Muns > Muns Vineyard - www.munsvineyard.com > FaceBook - www.facebook.com/munsvineyard > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. 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