[Elecraft] K3 6m pre-amp

Bill W5WVO w5wvo at cybermesa.net
Mon Mar 24 10:54:03 EST 2008


I would certainly say so. :-)

Of course, he could be using the famous Larson E. Rapp Magic Band Preamp, 
which is so sensitive that its MDS actually reflects off of the Absolute Zero 
Noise Floor (see previous art on this subject) and becomes inverted. Truly, 
uh, incredible. :-)

Bill W5WVO


Gregg W6IZT wrote:
> Toby:
>
> Is your data reversed?
>
> Gregg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Toby Deinhardt
> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:41 AM
> To: Stewart Baker
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 6m pre-amp
>
> Hallo,
>
>> I can't see any comment made by the BCC re the 6m sensitivity,
>> only Wayne's response.
>
> I am working on the translation of a much delayed update of the BCC
> report. In the mean time we have done MDS measurements for various
> bands:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Band    w Preamp        w/o Preamp
> 160m    -129dBm         -137dBm
> 80m     -133dBm         -138dBm
> 40m     -133dBm         -138dBm
> 20m     -134dBm         -138dBm
> 15m     -132dBm         -137dBm
> 10m     -130dBm         -137dBm
> 6m      -129dBm         -134dBm
>
> Table 2: MDS of the K3 at 400Hz
> -----------------------------------------
>
> vy 73 de toby 



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