[Elecraft] reflections on the WPX contest

[VR2BrettGraham]

GI4KSH continued:

> > Having done a lot of filter add-ons to rigs over the years (including
> > transplanting &
> > cascading ICOM filters into an FT-726R - which have different center
> > frequencies),
> > I'd be happy to bodge something together instead of sacrificing the
>noise
> > blanker
> > as had been suggested by GI4KSH - I'm afraid the NB is an absolute
> > must-have for
> > any rig (and might have been necessary to work you in the recent CQ WW
>RTTY,
> > John ;^).
> >
>
>I know that a NB is probably essential in some locations but since I
>haven't used
>one in earnest since the 'woodpecker' era I would trade the noise
>blanker in the
>K2 for more skirt selectivity. Using my K2 in  recent cw contests I
>found I was
>not conscious of the receiver at all I.e just 'work 'em' whereas using
>my TS850
>I would seem to be always twiddling with its settings. The TS850 has
>better filter
>skirts (standard KWd  filters) but seems to  more fatiguing than the K2
>over
>extended operating periods.

We should all be so fortunate, mate.  ;^)

Shoe-horning filters not meant for the rig or the often larger-than-original
INRADs in some of my other radios has given me an appreciation for the
existence of RG-174 & double-sided tape (uh oh, best not get the
modify-or-not-to-modify thread going again ;^).

Can somebody give a quick & simple explanation of how the K2's filtering
works?  How both V BIAS XFIL & V XFIL2 are tied together for FL1 & V XFIL2
also goes to the second filter has me confused (even after my second cup
of tea in the morning).

73, VR2BrettGraham