[Elecraft] recieve comparisions k2 vs ft 980

[tom martin]

hello all. Just wondering if anyone would comment on this. recently purchased a yaesu ft 987d, when compairing recieve sensitivity on the higher bands it seems the K2 suffers. If you turn on the k2's pre it seems to equal out what I'm hearing. There is a circuit in the ft 897 that turns off the front end preamp, this curcuit is turned on, cutting out the pre in the ft 897. Should the preamp in the k2 be turned on for normal recieve?                                                                                                                            Tom  km4cu