[Elecraft] K3 - Roofing filter for SWLing

[jpk5lad at cox.net]

I read, with interest, the discussion about the K3's inability to copy (or perhaps a better way to say it is to reproduce the audio of) shortwave broadcast stations well without a wide FM filter.  I just wondered if there is not, or could not be made, a provision to have no roofing filter for someone who wants to listen to shortwave.  I haven't done a lot of shortwave listening but is there actually even a need to have the selectivity benefits of a roofing filter for SWLing?  Perhaps there is.

I am still awaiting my K3 so I ask this as an anxious observer, but I do have the 
extra bandpass filters as part of my order.  Since receivers for years did not have roofing filters, it's obvious that some receivers can operate without one.  This would just let the DSP provide the necessary selectivity.  The K3 may not have, or want, that ability.

I realize that asking for a super-deluxe receiver to be able to remove a roofing 
filter is a bit like buying a Rolls Royce without the engine and replacing the engine with a riding lawnmower engine.

Just a curious question............... while I impatiently wait.

Jim - K5LAD

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