[Elecraft] K144XV for K3 NF = 1dB

[AD6XY]

It is nice and low but 1 dB is not exactly cutting edge. I will measure mine
when it arrives on some high spec equipment. It does not really matter that
mush though on 2m. For terrestrial use the band noise is the limit, for EME
anyone serious will be using a low noise pre-amplifier. 

What is much more important to operational use and what I would like to know
is the dynamic range. Is it over 100 dB at 3kHz spacing like the K3 on HF?
What about the intercept point - is it better than 20 dBm? It needs to be
here in Europe! There are 4 high power stations active in my grid square,
i.e IO91JO and blocking is an issue with the XV144/K3 combo.

Mike



Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
> 
> A correction to our initial spec's on the K144XV 2M module for theK3. 
> There was a miscalculation of its Noise Figure when we came up with the 
> initial data.
> 
> We've tested a number of K144XVs now and have found that they are 
> typically measuring at 1 dB NF, not the 2 dB NF as earlier stated. :-)
> 
> 73 Eric  WA6HHQ
> 
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