[Elecraft] K3 and phase noise

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

And if you look at the actual phase noise plots the actual cross over 
point is right about 5 kHz.

You are absolutely right about the importance of looking at the overall 
area 'under the curve' for phase noise as you move out across the band. 
The sum integrated total of the mixing of the phase noise with all off 
freq signals adds to the total noise floor in your RX on a busy band. 
This is especially important on bands like 40M at night on the east 
coast and Eu, where there are lots of -very- strong BC signals in 
addition to all the ham activity within 100 kHz to a MHz of your 
operating frequency. Add a busy contest and whammo! :-)

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
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Bill Tippett wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> Rig     1kHz    2   10   20   50   100   1M
> K3      -110  -119 -136 -140 -143 -144  -150
> ORION 2 -121  -129 -126 -125 -118 -128  -138
>
> Delta    -11   -10  +10  +15  +25  +26   +12
>
> Make that                          +16
>