[Elecraft] K3 as a SW receiver

[N8LP]

How does it sound in PowerSDR SAM mode, with filter adjusted to just inside
the adjacent stations? This is how I usually listen to AM broadcasts.

Larry N8LP




ab2tc wrote:
> 
> Hello again again,
> 
> On the issue of using the SSB mode for AM reception, having a look at this
> spectrum snip from LP-PAN:
> 
> http://ab2tc.getmyip.com:82/pictures/amreception.jpg
> 
> Look at that monstrously wide  local station at 1490kHz. Using USB mode
> the distant station at 1500kHz is perfectly copyable, in fact the disco
> music from 1490 is barely noticeable. No other mode will bring the 1500kHz
> station through. The K3 has such great suppression of the opposite
> sideband that there is absolutely no flutter (which is usually a problem
> with analog radios) when zero beating an AM station. You bet, SSB mode
> reception of AM stations is a very good option in difficult situations
> with this radio.
> 
> 
> 
> ab2tc wrote:
>> 
>> Do I get a prize for the first 2009 message (according to the time
>> stamping in the MARC database)? 
>> :-).
>> 
> 
> 

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