[Elecraft] K3 noise blanker

[Bill W5WVO]

Jim Brown wrote:

> Yes, but what is NR and NB doing to signals you're trying to
copy?
> It's easy to fool yourself about how well it works when
listening
> ONLY to band noise. To be useful, the NB/NR must suppress the
noise
> while not doing too much damage to the signal you're trying to
copy.
> So far, I haven't been thrilled by what I hear of that.

Have to agree with you on that, Jim. It's definitely a trade-off
between noise suppression and signal intelligibility. As with many
things, it works better on CW than it does on SSB.

Once the major promised features of the K3 are in place (still
waiting for a fix for the SSB>CW VFO offset issue when changing
modes), I'm hoping the NB and NR code will be thoroughly
revisited.

Bill W5WVO