[1000mp] 8-4

Tue, 12 Mar 2002 19:24:46 +0000

Arie,
  For the most part it just makes it easier to copy the weak signals when
there is noise present.
Just try it.
73, Tom K5IID

At 19:35 03/12/02 +0100, you wrote:
>Nice discussion!
>I always have the tuned preamp switched in.
>Never found the need switching to flat. I hear enough bandnoise with the
>tuned preamp so there is no need to switch to flat on the low bands. Or is
>there a measurable difference in performance (besides gain) why I should
>switch to flat?
>73, Arie PA3AAM
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Tom Horton <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:28 PM
>Subject: [1000mp] 8-4
>
>
> > I have noticed a few things about the with the 8-4 settings.
> >   On ten meters if I have line noise, or any other kind of
>band/atmospheric
> > noise
> > I set 8-4 to flat.  The weaker signals seem to be easier to copy, in fact
> > there are many times that I hear signals with 8-4 flat that I
> >   could not hear with the8-4 to tuned.
> >   Now the converse seems to apply on 80/160. I set 8-4
> > to tuned and it knocks down the noise on those bands.
> > Try this and let me know what you notice.
> > 73, Tom K5IID
> >
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