[Elecraft] K3 Report

[J F]

Hi Ed,

It was the hardware version that I read about on the
contest reflector. Guess not all of the BT's have
them.

I'll be interested in how well the combo works in Oak
Ridge, seems like there are more and more RF
generators in town every day. The contest QTH is
relatively quiet, although there was a pesky street
lamp that wiped out 160/80 (has been fixed!) The
electric fences in the area haven't presented any
issues so far...

The K2 NB has been effective for most of my noise
issues.

Cheers,
Julius 
n2wn

--- Ed Muns <w0yk at msn.com> wrote:

> > I understand the NB is not available yet either
> (as of a 
> > couple days ago).
> 
> There are two noise blankers in the K3, hardware and
> DSP.  A few field
> testers are using the hardware NB, but all of us
> have been testing the DSP
> NB.  The latter has been dramatically improved with
> a series of recent
> firmware releases by Wayne and Lyle.  By itself, the
> DSP NB is currently
> VERY effective on a range of different man-made
> noises.
> 
> > Still, if the radio performs that well without the
> "bells and 
> > whistles", what more could one ask??? ;o)
> 
> Yes!
> 
> 73,
> Ed - W0YK
> 
>