Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009

2009-10-19 Thread Robert Wood
, Robert w5aj - Original Message - From: Fred Atchley hamkt...@att.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter At the recent Santa Barbara Hamfest, Eric addressed a problem with the early filters

Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009

2009-10-19 Thread wb6rse1
On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Robert Wood wrote: The hamfest story below is great salesman hand waving - no numbers, no reposted test results To claim the problem is fixed implies that there are test results or to state another way, to claim the problem is fixed without posting test results is

Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009

2009-10-19 Thread David Y.
W7AQK - Original Message - From: wb6r...@mac.com To: Elecraft List Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009 On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Robert Wood wrote: The hamfest story below

Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009

2009-10-19 Thread David Gilbert
- Original Message - From: Fred Atchley hamkt...@att.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter At the recent Santa Barbara Hamfest, Eric addressed a problem with the early filters in the K3

Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009

2009-10-19 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Dave, Before I list a couple of home truths, may I say that I agree with your comment. 1) The IMDDR3 data from ARRL and others is a report of the receiver's IMDDR3 performance, not that of the filter's IMDDR3 performance. The data does provide some indication that the IMDDR3 performance of

Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009

2009-10-19 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Dave W7AQK wrote: Sometimes they may drag their feet a bit, but that's usually to allow themselves time to really verify that the problem does exist. Nobody is perfect, but you have to look long and hard to find a company that has been more forthright about issues, or more active in resolving

Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter - Final for 2009

2009-10-19 Thread Merv Schweigert
: Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter At the recent Santa Barbara Hamfest, Eric addressed a problem with the early filters in the K3. The frequency would change unexpectedly. Eventually the problem was solved by cleaning. It was found that particles left over from the crystal

Re: [Elecraft] Flaw in the 1.8 kHz roofing filter

2009-10-15 Thread Fred Atchley
At the recent Santa Barbara Hamfest, Eric addressed a problem with the early filters in the K3. The frequency would change unexpectedly. Eventually the problem was solved by cleaning. It was found that particles left over from the crystal manufacturing were modifying the freq. Inrad is just