[Elecraft] So, anyone going to get more CW filtering?

[Dave Hachadorian]

Last week I sold my 500 Hz filter, and ordered a 250 from 
Elecraft. On Friday night, the new filter hadn't arrived 
yet, so I operated in the CW DX Contest with only the 2.7K 
filter. It worked great! I couldn't see any difference 
between the 2.7K and the old 500. The skirts of the DSP (set 
at 300 BW) dominate over the filter skirts, and I never had 
one case of desensing or overload. On Saturday afternoon, 
the mailman delivered the new 250, and I installed it 
immediately and operated the rest of the contest with it. 
Once again, I couldn't see any difference. The radio sounded 
exactly like it did with the 2.7K and the 500.

If you frequently feel the need to crank your DSP width way 
down below 300 Hz, you may benefit from the 200 filter, but 
I don't do that and don't plan to buy the narrow filter.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darwin, Keith" <Keith.Darwin at goodrich.com>
To: "Elecraft Discussion List" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:54 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] So, anyone going to get more CW 
filtering?


There was some big DX contest this weekend.  I played in it 
for about 30
minutes with my K3 and my bugs.  Fun.  By the end of my time 
on the air,
my "small want" for a 200 Hz filter had been upgraded to 
"the next thing
I buy".

You too?

- Keith N1AS -
- K3 711 -



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