[Elecraft] K3 in SS Phone

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

Having tried them out in a grim environment, if I were to do it now,
I'd go for the 1.8kHz filter.  The 2.1 worked well, but
intelligebility (sp?) didn't suffer down to 1.8 (which I didn't
believe would be the case).

I'm not much of a 'phone op.

73, doug

   From: AJSOENKE at aol.com
   Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:41:09 EST

   In a message dated 11/19/2007 11:20:14 A.M.  Pacific Standard Time, 
   M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk writes:
   Ed, I'm waiting for my  K3 and I'm a phone man at present (working on my
   Morse).
   I have a 2.8kHz  and 400Hz on order. Reading your post, maybe I should
   consider either a 1.8  or a 2.1 kHz filter too.
   Given the option, which would choose?

   Anyone  else want to chip in too please.

   Kind of decision I couldn't make back in  May.

   I opted for the std 2.7K to get the feel of the rig first. I found the dsp  
   filter to be so effective that I'd be hard pressed to go to a narrower filter.  
   But, I'm primarily a cw op with a lot of ssb time. I did find times when I 
   was  working between a couple strong stations where the 1.8k would have helped. 
   I am  presently ready to order a 250 hz for the cw ops, but again, the dsp 
   works  amazingly good at 50 hz. I haven't gotten into a deep CW brawl yet so I'm 
   not  sure how much I need the narrow roofing, but my experience in ss phone 
   tells me  I need it.  I've placed high score in ss phone years ago an I have a  
   feeling that the K3 is going to make that a reasonable expectation in the  
   future.  

   Good luck es CU in the test  WA6VNN, Al