Re: [Elecraft] 2 dB better reception in JT65 mode

2014-01-25 Thread Edward R Cole
restored my 16-foot dish for 1296 reception so will be looking for weak signals from the Moon with my K3/10 + 1296/28 transverter. enjoy the extra dB! 73, Ed - KL7UW - Subject: [Elecraft] 2 dB better reception in JT65 mode Message-ID: 000d01cf194f$ceafc410$6c0f4c30$@pa2v.com

Re: [Elecraft] 2 dB better reception in JT65 mode

2014-01-25 Thread Jim Brown
On 1/25/2014 9:50 AM, Edward R Cole wrote: The K3 is connected via the line-out to a Delta44 soundcard at the PC. I don't know anything about this sound card, but I've worked a lot of JT65 and RTTY, and I found that a good semi-pro audio USB interface improved JT65 decoding a LOT as compared

Re: [Elecraft] 2 dB better reception in JT65 mode

2014-01-25 Thread EricJ
There is a lot of Just use any old soundcard, even a dongle type of advice about digital modes. I went from nearly 100% CW to nearly 100% JT65 and JT9 on HF so I've tried a few things. I could decode down to about -18 or so with the built in sound card. I got an EMU 0204 for use with an LP-PAN

[Elecraft] 2 dB better reception in JT65 mode

2014-01-24 Thread PA2V
Hi guys. I have compared my brand new K3 against my IC756pro2 in JT65b mode while doing EME on 432 MHz. With the same transverter, antenna, preamp etc. I see stations 2 dB better with the K3. It also made me see another station at -30 dB that I could not detect on the 756. I just wonder, is

Re: [Elecraft] 2 dB better reception in JT65 mode

2014-01-24 Thread Don Wilhelm
Peter, I would attribute it to the superior dynamic range of the K3. I have not done similar tests. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/24/2014 5:01 PM, PA2V wrote: Hi guys. I have compared my brand new K3 against my IC756pro2 in JT65b mode while doing EME on 432 MHz. With the same transverter,