[Elecraft] K3 noise blanker

[Dave Martin]

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Stephen Prior <sjp at sjprior.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> This is a 'me too'.
>
> Having, in waiting for my K3, read all sorts of accolades for the NB and NR,
> I feel, now that I have the radio in front of me, somewhat deflated.  The NB
> is, it seems to me, no better than many others I have used (eg TS-850) and
> the NR does not seem, to me at least, to be any better than that on the
> TS-480 this K3 replaced.  And, I have experimented with all the various
> settings available and am running the latest firmware.
>
> Having said that, I remain 95% delighted with the K3.  The strong signal
> handling is fantastic, I like the ergonomics and the tx audio is simply
> excellent.  I would not swap it for any other radio.  But, the NB and NR
> have not lived up to my (maybe unrealistic) expectations.
>
> 73 Stephen G4SJP
>
>
I recall hearing quite effective noise reduction on the demo files
offered by one or two manufacturers of NR speakers or NR boards, even
on SSB.  It didn't seem very similar to what we have with the K3 noise
reduction.  Does anyone have one of the speakers to compare with the
K3 NR?  My noise is terrible here and I've thought several times of
ordering one of the speakers or boards, but hate to without some way
to compare them first to what I have with the K3.

Dave  W5DHM