[Elecraft] K3- Diversity mode cw filter BW ??

2012-08-02 Thread callen1155
Hello folks. I'm planning on ordering the second receiver for my K3 soon and have a question. When using the second receiver in 'diversity mode' and trying to dig out a weak and fading cw signal, what roofing filter do you find most effective? I'm assuming in those conditions the narrower

Re: [Elecraft] K3- Diversity mode cw filter BW ??

2012-08-02 Thread N5GE
Diversity mode is used to reduce fading on received signals. Although using narrow filters to listen to CW signals will improve your ability to hear the signals, but it will not reduce fading of the signals, as diversity receiving does very well if your antennas are placed properly. Diversity

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-29 Thread Barry N1EU
Jim AB3CV wrote: Does CW benefit from diversity reception? Can anyone relate any experiences with such improvement and some details on their setup including filters/settings? Jim, listen to some of the recordings at http://n1eu.com/K3/diversity.htm By switching between stereo listening

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-29 Thread Radio Amateur N5GE
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:20:53 +1300, Gary Hinson g...@isect.com wrote: Does CW benefit from diversity reception? Can anyone relate any experiences with such improvement and some details on their setup including filters/settings? Absolutely Jim! Gary, I have a 30m GP here with 3 radials at

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-29 Thread Mike K2MK
Hi Jim: If you're on the fence as to whether or not you should buy a sub-receiver I would answer as follows. If the only reason for your buying a sub RX is to obtain diversity reception I would suggest that you first purchase the KXV3A option which gives you the ability to use a separate receive

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-29 Thread Jim Miller
Hi All Thanks for all the diversity input. I was just interested in how it affected CW. Sounds like if I can swing receive antenna that won't get clobbered by my current antenna when transmitting it might be worth pursuing. FWIW, Santa brought me a subRX which for now will be used to listen to

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-29 Thread Wayne Adams
My receive antenna for the 2nd receiver is a floor to ceiling wire I have stuck to an indoor wall corner and tuned for the band of operation with a small MFJ tuner. Many times it pulls in signals better than my main outside long wire.Those times when it isn't better but still receives the

[Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-28 Thread Jim Miller
Does CW benefit from diversity reception? Can anyone relate any experiences with such improvement and some details on their setup including filters/settings? 73 jim ab3cv __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-28 Thread WILLIS COOKE
@mailman.qth.net Sent: Mon, December 28, 2009 7:44:50 PM Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW? Does CW benefit from diversity reception? Can anyone relate any experiences with such improvement and some details on their setup including filters/settings? 73 jim ab3cv

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Diversity and CW?

2009-12-28 Thread Gary Hinson
Does CW benefit from diversity reception? Can anyone relate any experiences with such improvement and some details on their setup including filters/settings? Absolutely Jim! Diversity helps on ALL MODES. The main thing I notice is that it fills in the dips, in other words when a signal