[Elecraft] Sherwood report and K3 agc

[d.cutter at ntlworld.com]

I found the FT1000MP to have a softer, more pleasant sound and easier to do long operating times compared to the 756 which was unpleasant after just a few minutes, even tho it seemed to perform better.

David G3UNA
> 
> From: Brett gazdzinski <brett.gazdzinski at verizonbusiness.com>
> Date: 2007/06/07 Thu PM 01:54:43 BST
> To: 'Elecraft' <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Sherwood report and K3 agc
> 
>  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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