[Elecraft] Re: K3 noise reduction vs. Clear Speech speaker

[Brett Howard]

I take this back..  After doing a bit of playing with the AGC decay
rate I was able to get things back in line with what I wanted for the
band conditions at the moment.  I gotta admit the AGC in the K3 is WAY
more than I've ever had available before.

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Brett Howard <brett at livecomputers.com> wrote:
> I think I've noticed that... Its like the filter opens up a bit and
> the static comes up but then when the tone is present the filter locks
> in on it after a bit and the static comes down.  I have a feeling that
> this phenomenon probably helps it to not obliterate weak signal CW
> sigs but it can be a tad bit annoying with some of the mediocre to
> loud sigs.
>
> I agree that its a work in progress and if there was ever a guy who
> will figure out a really slick way to do it its Lyle.  Lyle seems to
> be growing and learning what works better along with the k3.  It takes
> time to get things just right.  This coupled with the fact that there
> is NO way to make everyone happy it can get even tougher.  But knowing
> Lyle he'll strike a good balance and things will improve over time.
>
> I'm interested to see/hear what they've been cooking up as of late...
>
> ~Brett
>
> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:41 PM, KM5Q <km5q at mac.com> wrote:
>> Here is a comment I got off-line from a fellow who comments about CW (and I
>> agree, though my comments applied to SSB):
>>
>> quote -->  I have been using MCU 2.23, but an older DSP 1.81 to get a decent
>> sound on CW.  The newer DSP takes too long to sync on the CW signal and it
>> sounds like very soft keying when NR is on and about F=2--3 or so. ...  It
>> brings the signal up out of the static, but destroys the leading edge of the
>> CW signal.  At least that's what I'm seeing here.
>>
>> --end of quote
>>
>> Some guys like it the way it is, but there's a lot of agreement here that
>> it's a work in progress, and has even been in digress lately. I know the
>> developers are listening and I'm it's going to be improved.
>>
>> Windy KM5Q
>> Santa Fe, NM
>> K3 #764
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