[Elecraft] Re: More Questions: K3

[Thom LaCosta]

On Tue, 1 May 2007, wayne burdick wrote:

> Thom,
>
> I'm sorry I missed this one. We've been overwhelmed by email the past few 
> days. Lyle and I have been tag-teaming, covering most of the bases, we hope!

Thanks for finding it and answering!
>
> The K3 noise blanker is a completely new design. It is being tested on a wide 
> variety of noise sources. While it's impossible to say exactly how it would 
> compare to other blankers on every noise type, I can assure you it's a 
> significant enhancement.

Great....I'll pass your information along to the list.

We studied several different design approaches 
> before starting the KNB3, including the Drake circuit.
>
> In addition, the K3 includes DSP-based both noise blanking and noise 
> reduction features that can mitigate noise problems I.F. blankers can't 
> touch, no matter how sophisticated.

So, the K3 might be known as "The Biggest Hammer"? (Hmmm, I reserve
K3 - The Biggest Hammer as a Tshirt Phrase.)
>
>
>> 
>> There have also been discussions relative to passband tuning.
>
> The K3 includes passband tuning.

Cool

> Feel free to email me directly with further questions on this topic.

Thanks...I will post your message to the drake mailing list...I suspect
you might be a few emails.

Thanks

73,Thom-k3hrn
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