[Elecraft] [K3] Questions about ARRL review

[Toby Deinhardt]

Hi Geoff,

 >> Which could be taken care of by using a 6dB resistive pad, should the
 >> lower loss become a problem.
 >
 > A pity to lose any potential improvement in overall noise figure by
 > doing that, especially on the higher bands!

Yep. It would be nice to avoid the resistive pad but any "gain" on the 
high bands could be detrimental on the lower. A problem if your two 
favorite shortwave bands are 160m and 10m.

Of course front end attenuation is only a button push away...


 > Putting aside the K3 and thinking in the context of receivers in...

Thanks for pointing this out.


vy 73 de toby