[Elecraft] The K3 in comparison to the Big Guns

[Bill Tippett]

K6XT wrote:

 >I note that the 7800 first appeared with something like a
6KHz first IF filter, got hammered in the press, eham etc. for lousy
close-in performance, and quickly added a 3KHz 1st IF filter option.

         Bzzzt...you forgot Icom's advertising formula!
Their 6 kHz filter is actually 11+ kHz and their 3 kHz
is actually 5+ kHz (per Sherwood's measurements below).

<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Elecraft_K3/message/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ic7800/message/3532>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ic7800/message/3532

Question:  When can an 11+ kHz BW filter be called a 6 kHz filter?
Answer:  When Icom says so in their advertising.  <wink-wink>

Caveat emptor!

73, Bill W4ZV