[Elecraft] selling other radios in favor of a K2

[johnny]

Hello Brett,

I am not surprised by your findings especially you are into CW.  IC756pro is 
a worse performer when you compare it with pro2 and pro3.

However, if you are into SSB operation, you do need IF shift and manual 
Notch within AGC loop.  IC756pro3 performs very well in the DSP Manual Notch 
and Noise reduction.

If there is a S9 cw signal besides your S3 ssb signal, DSP manual notch can 
eliminate the annoying cw signal and desense of AGC entirely.

I use KDSP2 with my K2.  Its Noise reduction is ok for CW but gives a lot of 
artifact under ssb mode. I eventually sold my KDSP2.

I like my K2 and have already ordered my K3.  However, I must admit that 
IC756pro3 performs better than K2 in some areas especially under SSB mode.
I am waiting for my K3 and would like to do an A/B comparison with my IC7800 
in due course.

cheers,

Johnny Siu VR2XMC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett gazdzinski" <brett.gazdzinski at verizonbusiness.com>
To: "'John Shadle'" <shadle at katzenfisch.com>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] selling other radios in favor of a K2


>I did not sell anything to get my K2, but sold the 756 pro after
> I got the K2, since the performance was so much better on the K2.
> I did not sell the K2 to get the K3, but sold it because
> I ran into a bunch of car bills, and the K3 will get here whenever.
>
> I would not hesitate to sell almost any old rig to get a K2
> if you are into CW.
>
> The receiver of the K2 is better than all but a very few radios
> like the Orion.
>
> There is no comparison to old rigs like the IC735 or TS440,
> although I thought the 735 was a neat little rig.
>
> Now some might like the big knobs, nice displays, multi mode
> and more features then the K2 has, but those radios likely
> don't work as well as the K2.
>
> Brett
> N2DTS