[Elecraft] New: K3 tops the list

[Stewart Baker]

It will be interesting to see if Peter reviews the K3. The K2 has 
never been reviewed by him, despite a number of offers of loan 
rigs.

73
Stewart G3RXQ

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:35:53 +0000, Dave G4AON wrote:
> Guys
>
> It's not rocket science to measure the performance of a 
receiver... All
> you need are a few items of relatively common test gear, 
calibrated to
> national standards if possible. The test procedure is given in 
some
> detail on the ARRL web site.
>
> No "review" will be representative of all K3s, I've measured 
similar 3rd
> order dynamic range as do our German colleagues... That covers
> measurements on four different samples of a K3 - all can't be 
wrong. To
> put the K3 in perspective, in the March 2008 RSGB RadCom there 
is a
> review of the FT2000D by Peter Hart (G3SJX) which gives a 3rd 
order
> dynamic range of 67 dB at 2 KHz spacing... at least 30 dB worse 
than
> most K3 measurements.
>
> 73 Dave, G4AON
> K3/100 #80
> ------------------
> Charlie,
> I am sorry to hear that Rob Sherwood's K3 test was performed on 
a
> rig that may or may not be representative off all K3's. It would 
have been
> best if Elecraft had not done any work on it or made any 
adjustments to it
> once it was built by you. Chances are what they did to it did 
not have any
> affect on its performance but we will never know. I hope you 
will like your
> #149 as much as I like my #148.
>
> John [K7SVV]
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