Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-19 Thread paul
I have a K3/10 on order. I have used my K2 for over a year and find the filters to be very good. I operate 90% on the time on QRP CW. I'm looking for opinions on which roofing filters I might include. Unless you're contesting or dealing with DX pileups, probably none. The default 2.7 kc

re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-19 Thread ni0c
I have a K3/10 on order. I have used my K2 for over a year and find the filters to be very good. I operate 90% on the time on QRP CW. I'm looking for opinions on which roofing filters I might include. Unless you're contesting or dealing with DX pileups, probably none. The default 2.7 kc

[Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread Mike, W9QS
I have a K3/10 on order. I have used my K2 for over a year and find the filters to be very good. I operate 90% on the time on QRP CW. I'm looking for opinions on which roofing filters I might include. 73,72 Mike, W9QS EX: KN6TBP (1956), K1DGQ, DL4KM, K5LJN, W9FRR, W9KVF K2, OHR500,

Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread K4IA
Maybe none. You get great filtering out of the DSP. The roofing filters are most helpful when very strong signals are present nearby. Operating mostly QRP, you might never run into that problem. k4ia Buck Fredericksburg, VA K3# 101 In a message dated 12/18/2008 9:04:42 A.M. Eastern

Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread cstoverva
-Original Message- From: Mike, W9QS w...@yahoo.com To: elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 9:03 am Subject: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question I have a K3/10 on order. I have used my K2 for over a year and find the filters to be very good. I operate 90

Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread Joe Planisky
I would echo the other responses that you may well not need any narrower roofing filters. You might try using just the stock 2.7 kHz filter for a while and see how it goes. I recently added the 400 Hz filter and so far, it makes virtually no difference EXCEPT in the case where there's a

Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread drewko
I have a K3/10 which I use for CW. I got the 13 KHz (for AM bcst) and 500 Hz filters, which I'm happy with. I could get a narrower one but just haven't felt the need for it yet. 73, Drew AF2Z On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:03:43 -0800 (PST), Mike, W9QS wrote: I have a K3/10 on order. I have used my

Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread Jim Brown
On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:14:51 -0800, Joe Planisky wrote: I recently added the 400 Hz filter and so far, it makes virtually no difference EXCEPT in the case where there's a strong signal within +/- 1 kHz or so of the station I'm trying to work. Note that a strong signal might be another ham

Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread Andrew Faber
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:14:51 -0800, Joe Planisky wrote: I recently added the 400 Hz filter and so far, it makes virtually no difference EXCEPT in the case where there's a strong signal within +/- 1 kHz or so of the station I'm trying to work. Note

[Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread Fred Atchley
Mike, If you do any contesting or if you want to operate during a contest, roofing filters are the way to go. As I get older the pumping noise from adjacent signals has become ever more distracting. The rig I used for the California QSO party was new and had a Collins 500Hz virtual roofing

Re: [Elecraft] Roofing Filter question

2008-12-18 Thread Barry N1EU
Fred Atchley wrote: The rig I used for the California QSO party was new and had a Collins 500Hz virtual roofing filter. During the contest some stations could copy me but I could not copy them due to the pumping generated by adjacent signals. A 70Mhz 1st i.f. with a 20Khz filter just