Re: [Elecraft] Preamps in K3s

Hi Brian, You have to go to 17 and 15 meters and go into the CONFIG:PREAMP2 menu and turn it on for those bands. Cheers, Fred KE7X From: brian <als...@comcast.net> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 11:49 AM To: Cady, Fred Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Preamps

Re: [Elecraft] Preamps in K3s

donov...@starpower.net <donov...@starpower.net> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 10:13 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Preamps in K3s Hi Jim, Fred Cady's excellent K3 Manual, 3rd edition, spells it out in detail in Table 7-3. "The firmware prevents you from making these choi

Re: [Elecraft] Preamps in K3s

iller" <jtmille...@gmail.com> To: "Bob McGraw K4TAX" <rmcg...@blomand.net> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 3:31:09 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Preamps in K3s I likewise read all info in the K3s manual. Y

Re: [Elecraft] Preamps in K3s

I likewise read all info in the K3s manual. Your interpretation is one that could be true but it isn't spelled out. 73 Jim ab3cv On Jun 10, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: I had to refer to the manual for this. Pre 1 is available for all bands and has 10

Re: [Elecraft] Preamps in K3s

I had to refer to the manual for this. Pre 1 is available for all bands and has 10 dB gain. Pre 2 is available for 12/10/6 M and has 20 dB gain. They are not stacked. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 10, 2017, at 9:48 AM, Jim Miller wrote: > > I'm confused a

[Elecraft] Preamps in K3s

I'm confused a bit about how the Preamps in my K3s work. When Preamp2 is engaged are the preamps stacked for a total of 30db additional gain or does the Preamp2 engagement disengage Preamp1 for a total of 20dB? Or perhaps they are both engaged for a total of 20db with Pre2 boosting over Pre1 by