[Elecraft] K3 10-meter sensitivity

[Tony - KM0O]

Yesterday, in the 10-meter contest, I noticed that some other stations (using
comparable antennas) within a very few miles of me were working stations
that I could barely detect, or not even hear, on my K3. In itself that is
not too unusual, but I had another radio in the shack, a Yaesu FT-900, so I
connected it to the K3 for some comparative receiver testing.

What I discovered was rather disappointing. About half the time, there
seemed to be no difference in the ability of the two receivers to pick out
very weak signals at or near noise level. The other half of the time, the
old FT-900 seemed just a bit better. NEVER was the K3 better at digging out
the weak ones.

What are other people's impressions of the K3's sensitivity on 10 meters?
This is a K3 that was in Aptos a few months ago and came back "within spec".
Does the K3's 6-meter sensitivity problem extend down to 10 meters?
Comments, anyone?

73,
Tony
KM0O
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