[Elecraft] Sherwood report and K3 agc

[Brett gazdzinski]

 I only had an icom 756 pro and the R4C, TS440, IC735, plus
other really old boatanchor receivers, and while I 
never paid real close attention to the old ones on CW,
I know the 756 pro was nasty sounding compared
to the K2 on CW.

I suspect if my homebrew receivers were set up for
CW, they would be better sounding then the K2, but
have other serious limitations.

Generally speaking, I find all the new stuff sounds
quite nasty in many respects, even under good band
conditions they are noisy and distorted.
All those high gain chips, mixing, processing, low fi
audio stages... 1.5 watts out at 10% distortion???


I also know many people think a really poor sounding 
radio sounds great to them, there are very low expectations
from some operators I guess.

Even the AM community has a good share of people with low
expectations, despite the mode having a fidelity bias.


Brett
N2DTS


> 
> Hi Dick,
> 
> I own IC7800, IC781 and K2.  I also bought Sherwood cool fan 
> kit for my 
> Ic781.  Having said that, I do not entirely agree to Sherwood 
> report nor 
> having the same observation about AGC or pinfalls of modern DSP rigs
> 
> It is my opinion and may only be applicable to my QTH and operation 
> condition.
> 
> 73
> 
> Johnny Siu VR2XMC
> 
> 
> From: "Dick Hanson" <dick at dkhanson.com>
> To: "Elecraft " <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Sherwood report and K3 agc
> Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 06:34:42 -0500
> 
> Really glad to see this discussed here. Sherwood is usually 
> pretty close to
> the mark on his tests etc, so very happy the E Team on top of 
> and out front
> on this very impt issue.
> Best,
> Dick, K5AND
> 
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