[Elecraft] The K2 Noise blanker realy works!

[Kevin Rock]

The audio filter really works too :)   (KAF2)  

A friend of mine has lost the use of his K2 and is working with Gary to get it back on the air.  He is using a transceiver constructed by one of the big three and sorely 
misses the various filters which the K2 provides.  While in a QSO with him this morning I switched my XFIL once and my AFIL twice to get him from beneath the QRM 
and the QRN.  I did not need the noise filter but it was nice to know it was only a button click away.  I have the same transceiver as he and only use it for non-
essential communications.  It's filters are poor at best and the receiver is quite noisy.  So much so it is hard to listen to for any length of time.  I leave the K2 on most 
of the day and only notice it when I hear CW in the background.  

73,
    Kevin.  KD5ONS




6/4/2003 11:20:33 AM, "Max Moon" <maxmoon@umn.edu> wrote:

>The discussion of how well the K2 NB works makes me wonder, Why do so few
>other NBs work well?
>
>I came to the K2 from a TenTec Corsair which, as somebody else said, has a
>decorative knob marked "NB". I've read here & QRP-L many comments about
>other mfgrs seemingly unable to make an effective NB. What makes it
>difficult? I'm know virtually nothing about designing a circuit but it seems
>that if you Ken-com-yae-etc. can design a sophisticated modern transceiver,
>why can't they handle a NB?
>
>Thanks--
>Max, k0max