[Elecraft] Fw: K2 Trouble / Problem

Wed Mar 24 14:49:01 2004

Thanks for all the replys...ordered mine this afternoon.

           73's  Brian w3eme

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Maier" <[email protected]>
To: "'W3EME Brian Manns'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Fw: K2 Trouble / Problem

> Brian:
> In addition to all of the great technical explanations that have been
> posted, I'd like to add a bit of practical experience.
> Noise blankers are a way of life for me, as I'm bothered by power line
noise
> a great deal of the time.  Consequently, I have had experience with
blankers
> by Collins, Drake, Icom, Kenwood, and Ten Tec, and the K2 is equal to, or
> better than the best of them.  Also, the K2's blanker does not seem to add
> any distortion of its own, and best of all, strong nearby signals almost
> never affect it.  That's certainly not true for anything else I've had.
>
> One more thing. On CW, I can usually crank the bandwidth down far enough
to
> eliminate line noise completely, and adding the KAF2 in circuit helps as
> well.  Someday, I'll go for the DSP, but I'm honestly pleased with what I
> have.
>
> Good luck,
> George - K1GXT
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of W3EME Brian Manns
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Fw: K2 Trouble / Problem
>
> Did this post? Did not see it here....
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "W3EME Brian Manns" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 11:22 AM
> Subject: K2 Trouble / Problem
>
>
> > Hello!  I know what I am about to ask is probably "a terrible thing to
> ask"
> > here....
> > however, I am ready to buy & have been speaking with alot of owners &
> people
> > who
> > build the units....
> >
> > It was told to me that 1) the noise blanker for the k2 does not work;
> can't
> > tell if it
> > is on or off    2) DSP is way to complicated to use; end up resetting
rig
> > alot to try
> > to use it
> >
> > The noise blanker to me is the most important....do you need the noise
> > blanker when
> > you buy the dsp? It looked like the dsp gave more noise blanker
> functions...
> >
> > Again, this is very important to me & I would welcome any
replys....direct
> > would
> > be best without tying up the whole group....
> >
> >                         Brian w3eme
> >
>
>
>
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