[Elecraft] K2 DSP - Standardised Input for Comparison Testing

[Mike Walkington]

Wow,

I've just read the article describing the design philosophy behind the new
K2DSP.  The ability to adapt many of the filtering parameters is sure to
result in a large amount of dialogue on the reflector about what settings
are best for SSB, CW, RTTY etc.  However, individual assessment of settings
will be subjective unless there is a standardised input signal.  My mind
boggles at what that might be.  In this day and age, perhaps a programmable
digital RF memory able to provide 10 to 15 seconds of a 3-5Khz bandwidth
signal at an agreed carrier frequency for injection into the antenna socket.

What sort of empirical testing did the design team do?  What if anything did
they use/do to standardise the input conditions?

Mike
AC7MZ  (also VK1KCK)
K2 #2599