The 2nd receiver in the 990 is essentially a 590 receiver so that makes
sense.
I would be pretty upset if the main 990 receiver was no better than the
590. What are you paying for.
On 6/15/2014 10:22 PM, Gary and Kathleen Pearse wrote:
On my 990 the 2nd receiver was consistently night after
Paying for? Weight, eye candy, and interface? Oh, and a better behaved ALC.
However, as I noted I didn’t fuss with much over 20M and SSB, so maybe that’s
where the 990 excels. They are very nice to observe and operate. The primary
receiver on my early 990 may have been maladjusted, as it was
That's what I've heard before. What's the reason, and is there a mod to fix
that?
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Carl k...@jeremy.mv.com wrote:
The couple of K3's Ive listened to sound horrible on SSB...
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The one thing that's keeping me from buying a TS590 for use on the topband
is the use of a mechanical relay versus solid state switching between TX
RX. Had problems develop over a long period of time with my first HF
transceiver (also a Kenwood) regarding the first character sent being
shortened
I've had lots of good rigs over the years and my K3 sounds as good if
not better on SSB as any of them.
Maybe the bad sounding K3s receiver EQ settings were misadjusted or left
on factory default flat. Was a narrow roofing filter in use? How was
the width and filter shift adjusted? Was hi
I have a friend who doesn't like the K3 because of the SSB audio...said he
likes his FT1000D much better. I happen to have a FT1000D in the shack so I
tuned both receivers to the same station with both radios on the same
speaker (with A/B switch). Then I adjusted the RX equalizer on the K3 until
it sounded like the FT1000D...I then had my friend come in and close his
eyes and did the A/B comparison...and he couldn't tell the difference.
So,
yes, the K3 will require some adjustment to be pleasing to any particular
ear but it's pretty easy to do if you want to. (Now he doesn't like the
I found the TS-990 main receiver to be the best Ive ever used and the 2nd
one close but not quite but Ive no experience with a TS-950.
Another thing I noticed was the near absence of phase noise and other
artifacts when testing with 144, 432 and 1296 MHz transverters having a NF
of .5dB or
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Tom W8JI w...@w8ji.com wrote:
I prefer analog detection of weak signals in noise, but I can live with
the K3 when it is adjusted to my liking. I don't like all the menus,
I thought a K3 could be interfaced with a computer (using 3rd-party
software) so the
On 6/16/2014 1:39 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
What I heard was bad, was the receive audio on SSB, what's coming out of
the speaker connected to it. Are we on the same page?
99% of my hamming is done with headphones, and I find the audio system
quite decent on cans. The K3 speaker is a small one,
Sorry my original post was not clear...What I meant was that my friend
didn't like the receive audio on the K3 when listening to a SSB signal...the
transmitted signal was not the issue. Sorry for the confusion. Greg
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I wouldnt want a radio that I had to retweak every time I changed a
performance setting. That got old real fast during my evaluations here. For
something as mundane as a SSB ragchew or roundtable it was simple to get
pleasing audio and leave alone but as soon as I went back to DX/Contesting
it
The subject used to come up on the K3 forum until any negative comments were
shouted down or removed by the site owner.
Its nothing but a lovefest now and similar to the Collins can do no wrong
head in the sand mentality on the CCA forum.
No matter what I tried to adjust I could not get any of
In my earlier comments I avoided direct comparisons between the TS-590S and K3.
In my experience anyone maligning or questioning a K3/P3 is eventually in for a
few bee stings, as that topic brings out a swarm of loyalists defending the
hive.
I was through this earlier this year on their group
The K3’s (I have 2) come sounding pretty bad on SSB. But there are some
standard settings for the equalizer which get them sounding pretty good. I’m
not sure why they don’t leave the factory that way.
All in all I find the K3s unbeatable for CW and on a par with other good rigs
on SSB.
Everyone please tell me why I have to practically scream into the mic to get
through a pileup with a K3? The FT1000D was no problem, maybe 3-5 calls at
the most. OK I could call for 10 minutes but this K3 is a joke.Let the
flames begin..
N7RT
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That's interesting.
Did you have the speech processor on? Mic gain too low? Or was the audio
too bassy with not many highs?
73, Mike
http://www.w0btu.com/ssb_audio-weak_signal.html
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Hardy Landskov n...@cox.net wrote:
Everyone please tell me why I have to
3db less power certainly make a difference
73
Peter
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Landskov
Everyone please tell me why I have to practically scream into the mic to get
through a pileup with a K3? The FT1000D was no
Lots of things to check, processor on, what mic used, need the bias
turned on for your mike,
have mic gain set for high or low in the menus, have the right amount
of ALC showing
K3 needs the ALC to be showing 5 or 7 bars, not 1 bar flickering like
some radios suggest.
Barefoot? if so
Not a flame. Good TX audio could involve just about every TX adjustment in
a K3 depending on whose voice and what microphone.
The short answer is to set up a K3 specifically to get some punch from
*your own voice* as picked up by a *particular microphone*. This involves
using the KDVR3, a
Well I have one of the earlier K3s ~#1000, that was never modified, never had a
software upgrade and got quite a few unsolicited reports of good audio, the few
times I ever went on SSB outside a contest. Using the Heil headset they sell
with it. It's finally gone back to the factory since for
I'm still living in the 60s. I use a Galaxy GT-550 for non 160M work.
73, Jeff KH6O / 6
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