[1000mp] Re: [Elecraft] K2 and Ten-Tec Orion

[Thomas Worthy]

YO,

UR BOY EARL DUNT LIKE YOUR OMNI OR YOUR 775.........HE SAY THEY BE JUNK!!!

T

k6se@juno.com wrote:

>I received the KDSP2 for my Elecraft K2 Monday, and have been A/B-ing it
>with my FT-1000MP since Monday night.  With the unit's DSP filter set to
>50 Hz (normal, not "soft") and and using NR1 with the beta set to 87 and
>the decay set to 30, the K2 is marginally better than the FT-1000MP on
>digging weak CW signals out of the mud on both 160m and 10m.  That puts
>the K2 in first place, ahead of all other radios checked here.
>
>Unlike the DSP NR on all other such radios which have DSP tested here,
>the KDSP2 is the only one that seems to work effectively when using
>extremely narrow filters on CW.  The improvement is more noticeable on a
>noisy band such as 160m than it is on a quiet band such as 10m, but it
>even helps there.  On SSB, the KDSP2's performance is phenomenal, making
>weak SSB signals in the noise noticeably more copiable on the K2 than on
>the FT-1000MP.
>
>For both CW and SSB, the KDSP2's NR beta and decay settings for best copy
>(for my ears) are 87 (the default) and 30 (default is 71) respectively.
>
>These comparison tests are on-air tests receiving extremely weak signals
>in the noise without any nearby strong signals on the band.  They are not
>lab test results.  Here's the current list as I see it:
>
> 1) Elecraft K2 (with KDSP2)
> 2) Icom IC-746 PRO 
> 3) Yaesu FT-1000MP (with INRAD mod)
> 3) Elecraft K2 (w/o KDSP2 - tied for 3rd place)
> 5) Yaesu FT-1000D
> 6) Kenwood TS-830S
> 6) Kenwood TS-870S (tied with the TS-830S)
> 6) Kenwood TS-850S (w/500 Hz xtal filter)
> 9) Yaesu FT-1000MP (without the INRAD mod)
>10) Yaesu FT-920 (no CW filter, used hi-cut and low-cut to narrow)
>11) Icom 746 (w/500 Hz xtal filter)
>12) Yaesu FT-757
>13) Icom IC-775DSP
>14) Ten-Tec Omni VI+
>15) Icom IC-756
>16) Ten-Tec Orion
>
>73, de Earl, K6SE
>
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