[Elecraft] K3 on 6

[Brendan Minish]

Hello Ron,

It's got less gain than my 7800 but I can still hear about 2dB more
noise on my antenna than I can on a 50 Ohm load.

I do 6m EME on occasion and I have been successful in monitoring 6m EME
QSOs with the K3, so for my setup (7 ele long yagi, Quiet rural area,
low loss feeder ) the limiting factor is band noise not RX noise or lack
of K3 sensitivity.

For others they may need more gain but in general if your antenna is
noisier than a 50 Ohm load then you have enough system gain, more gain
is unlikely to help as it will bring up the noise right along with the
desired signals 

Elecraft are planning a 6m preamp to go with the K3 in any case 

73
Brendan EI6IZ K3 #39 

On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 11:51 -0400, Ron Spencer wrote:
> Anyone else notice (and I know this will be difficult with hardly any
> openings) that the sensitivity of the K3 on 6 is down? Compared to the 746 I
> have it seems down quite a bit (even with the K3 preamp on).
> 
> Will be interested to hear what others have to say. Can report off list
> (ron.e.spencer at gmail.com) and I can summarize for posting.

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