[Elecraft] My K3's Very Quiet

[Jan Erik Holm]

Ed,

Now I do agree on ALL counts, well almost. Sounds fishy you had
to have AF gain wide open to be able to RX on 10m. Well since this
is the K3 list we better concentrate on the K3, after all K3 is
more state of the art then the "stone age" FT-1000D.

/ Jim SM2EKM
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W0SD Ed Gray wrote:
> Thanks for the correction. I was happy with the FT-1000D other than on 
> 10M I often had the AF cranked wide open.  It was worse with head phones 
> than with the speaker.  I could of used more gain there.  Other than 
> that I was satisfied with the gain.
> 
> For me the K3 has been a huge step forward for lots of reasons such as:
> 1. So much lighter
> 2. Two CW keying ports
> 3. Better IMD
> 4. Lines in and Line out
> 5. Better set up for RX antenna
> 6. RX diversity is easier for me to use
> 7. The radio keeps getting better with better firmware.
> 8. etc. etc,
> 
> I am a ham radio operator and not a radio technician but I do have a lot 
> of operating experience and I know what works for me and what does not 
> and I get no benefit with the K3 using the pre-amp below 10 meters.  On 
> the other hand it does not mess me up that much as in reality most of 
> the time I am listening to a signal so the pre-amp gain does not hurt as 
> I am hearing it and not background noise.  For me it only comes into 
> play on very weak signals where I prefer the pre-amp off or when 
> seriously tuning around.
> 
> Ed W0SD
>