[Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-22 Thread Chuck Guenther
Stan, you asked a good question-- one I asked about some time ago. When I worked in the aerospace industry, I designed and used analog and digital filters for measurement applications. Most textbook design formulas and procedures are based on 3 dB bandwidths, although sometimes our measurement

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-22 Thread Richard Ferch
W5EWA wrote: So is the information in the manual just the easy way to set it up, and you can actually put them in whatever slots you want? From reading the manual I understood that they had to be in decending order starting from FL1, and the filters in both receivers had to match for

[Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-21 Thread bill4570
Hi folks,   I’m trying to configure the K3 receiver for diversity receive.    I’m populating the roofing filter slots in both receivers with matched filters, and the question came up:   When the K3 automatically selects the correct roofing filter to match DSP filter bandwidth, does the

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-21 Thread Ed Muns
Roofing filters are selected by either of two ways. One is by directly selecting FLx on the K3 front panel. The other is by changing the DSP bandwidth via WIDTH, LO CUT or HIGH CUT. When the DSP bandwidth is decreased to the crystal filter bandwidth, then that roofer is selected. (Or, when the

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-21 Thread Barry N1EU
bill4570 wrote:   In other words; when I use the “width” control, and decrease DSP bandwidth from 3.0 Khz to 2.0 Khz on the front panel,   the K3 switches from the 2.8 Khz roofing filter located in FL3 to the 2.1 Khz roofing filter located in FL4.   With the sub-receiver on, and in

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-21 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Bill, it's simpler than what you're looking for. You can put your widest filter in FL1 and install them from there in descending bandwidth. Use the K3 utility to set up the filters, much easier than doing it with the config menu. The radio automatically switches in the matching filter that

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-21 Thread srife
H... Ed, I almost tried using the built in translator in Outlook...but then I recognized some of those words, like is and the. :-() It almost let the smoke out of my head. Seriously though, I don't understand the filter setup technicalities. I can get through

Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter matching for diversity receive

2009-12-21 Thread srife
. Stan Rife W5EWA -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:06 PM To: bill4...@comcast.net Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KRX3 roofing filter