[Elecraft] Noisy K3 receiver

[David Cutter]

I completely agree and it was the same revelation for me when I first 
switched on my K2 on 80m sat next to a FT1k at G6MC contest station: simply 
astonishing.

David
G3UNA




> I've read all the posts in this thread and have to say ... I just don't 
> "get
> it".  What noise?!  If anything my two K3s are too quiet!  It has occurred
> to me more than once that I might have an antenna disconnected or perhaps
> blew out the front-end to the radio.  The most distinguishing 
> characteristic
> of the K3 (for me) is how quiet it is when you slip on the headphones. 
> The
> K3 is distinctively quiet compared all the Icom, Yaesu and Kenwood radios 
> I
> own or have operated.  I now realize that all the pre-K3 radios I've used
> were somehow amplifying or emphasizing the band noise, plus adding a bunch
> of digital artifacts, in the audio.  I am completely stunned by the posts
> here that report "noisy K3 receiver" and escaping to a "quieter" Japanese
> radio.
> .  W4ZV
> has posted on this reflector several excellent explanations on how to
> properly adjust the K3, or any radio for that matter.  I would love to 
> hear
> one of these "noisy K3 receivers" and see how they are configured.
>
> Ed - W0YK
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