[Elecraft] K3 Noise Blanker - Hey! It works!!!

[Greg - AB7R]

I did a demo for a friend and when he saw how well the NB worked on electric fence 
noise and some other "stuff" he decided then he was going to get one.  They did a 
great job on the NB as with the rest of the K3.

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73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
K3#0009

On Tue Jan 15 13:46 , Matt Zilmer  sent:

>I have to admit I finally heard a NB work today.  It was K3 #24's.
>Frankly, I'm amazed.... and very pleased.  I had been trying to prove
>that the K3's NB wouldn't be any better than the other dozen or so
>I've had time to try out over the years.  Read on.
>
>There is some bizarre OTH monopulse radar going on, quite audible on
>60m channels. It registers around S8 here.  I can kill it with IF MED1
>or MED2 and a light dusting of the DSP T2-7.  With the NB on these
>settings, the band noise shows S5 or so.  Back to the normal
>background noise.  Mainly city-dweller noise.  No pops.  Just sky
>noise or local stuff.
>
>I apologize for being A Doubter.  At least there is a freq and time
>for all to see the same results:  0500Z or so would do it, at least on
>the West Coast of the US.  I've observed the same basic stuff(tm) on
>60m over a span of weeks of band-scanning.
>
>Not bad Elecraft!  Rep rate is maybe 8-10 Hz or so, and there are two
>sources.  One at the S8 level, and another about S9+15.  Both can be
>made to disappear at will.  With the right noise blanker that is.
>
>Thanks, Wayne and Eric.
>
>73,
>matt, W6NIA
>K3 # 24
>
>
>
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