[Elecraft] K3 Update: It keeps getting better...

[Brett gazdzinski]

Tell us more!

How is the audio quality out of the stock speaker
and the line outputs?

What kind of power output/duty cycle does the rig get.
(I thought someone reported 125 watts for hours with no problem!)

What filters do you have and how do they work, notice a big
difference between different filters?

How well does the sync AM detector work? 


Brett
N2DTS


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick Tavan N6XI
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 2:43 AM
> To: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Update: It keeps getting better...
> 
> Folks keep asking me how the field test is going. I think it's going
> very well. Almost all the changes Elecraft has published have been
> software. The hardware I have seen is very stable. There were a few
> missing pull-up resistors and a ground jumper which we added easily in
> the field. The front panel labels are being revised. But the hardware
> behind this software-defined radio is proving itself remarkably close
> to final detail and quality. So I have been telling those who ask that
> the K3 field test is really SMOP, what we call in the software
> industry a "simple matter of programming." That big job is proceeding
> well, with new features, fixes and tuneups coming through every few
> days. They are a snap to download and with each download the K3 keeps
> getting better and better.
> 
> One of the more recent features added to the K3 software was VOX. It
> was worth the wait! This is one of the smoothest I've used and the
> anti-VOX is perfect. I've yet to have speaker audio trip it. It's easy
> to adjust gain to match various microphones so that relaxed, quiet
> speech triggers the VOX instantly but normal breathing and ambient
> noise very rarely cause false triggers. Pickup is very fast - no need
> to prefix a transmission with "Uhh..." to avoid losing a syllable.
> There are no switching transients, either, so I can set the delay very
> short. Superb!
> 
> 73,
> 
> /Rick N6XI
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