[Elecraft] OT: RF Clipper "works with Elecraft"

[Grant Youngman]

Before the 715 is dismissed out of hand and chalked up to "unnecessary  
on the K3"  or some other rig doesn't work right,  consider that the  
latest releases of Orion/Orion II code have very effective RF speech  
processing - as good as any.   But there is a difference between RF  
compression (the usual form of processing in DSP radios) and clipping  
(a la the 715 and others that came before it)  in terms of how the  
signal stands out from the crowd.  Having said that, I don't know the  
details of the K3 implementation, but the spec sheet refers to  
"compression".

It may well be a useful gizmo for contesters regardless of radio  
brand, and certainly for users of older radios -- of which there are  
many still out there.

I'd just take this as a very modern twist on what was once a standard  
accessory, that isn't necessarily dead yet in terms of usefulness :-)

Grant/NQ5T


On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:36 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:

> http://radio.tentec.com/accessories/715
>
> Not sure we need this the K3.
>
> I used to use an RF Clipper by DATONG (I still have it)...same concept
> AF to RF to AF.  It worked REALLY WELL with my rig back then (which
> had no capability for RF processing).  Probably talking 25+ years ago.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
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