[Elecraft] K3 on 6
aa1o
aa1o.radio at comcast.net
Wed May 14 16:09:36 EDT 2008
I have the same experience here with my 5 element beam.
The K3 receives better on 6m than my home made transverter that I used on 6
with the K2. In general I have trouble working weak stations anyway. Perhaps
more power out would make it better -
-Bill Churchill
AA1O
K3 287
K2 1740
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendan Minish" <ei6iz.brendan at gmail.com>
To: "Ron Spencer" <ron.e.spencer at gmail.com>
Cc: "Elecraft" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 on 6
> 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.
>
> --
> Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try
> to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly
> untrained, unqualified, expendable professional.
>
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