[Elecraft] (Elecraft) 6mtrs!

[Lance Collister]

JIM DAVIS wrote:
> Jay,
> 
> Maybe you're blessed or you don't think that "Elecraft" can do no wrong!  What
> I and others are saying is that in OUR SITUATIONS the 6mtr. section sucks!
> That's why we're procuring the 6m. PREAMP, in that we still have faith in the
> "K3" overall!!!
> 
> Jim/nn6ee S/N 2406  (even this high # 6m. LACKS HUGELY!!! 
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Howdy Jim,

The PR6 is really a neat contraption ;-)  The way it can be automatically switched 
on when you just move to the 6m band is quite clever.

Most commercial 6m radios have a front end noise figure around 6 dB and lack 
sensitivity on 6m in deference to better large signal handling capability.  As I 
recall, the stock K3 is somewhere around 12 or 13 dB.  You won't notice the lack 
of sensitivity when you have strong signals on 6m such as Es during June and July 
(or yesterday from the East Coast to Europe).  However, if you live in a quiet 
location, you will DEFINITELY gain some critical dB sensitivity when you try to 
copy very weak signals at the noise level (or BELOW the audible noise level, if 
you use the weak signal digital mode of JT65A).

With the addition of the PR6, you will have the hottest 6m receiver available 
anywhere in the world ;-)  Enjoy your new piece of equipment!  GL and VY 73, Lance

-- 
Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8)
P.O. Box 73
Frenchtown, MT  59834  USA
QTH: DN27UB
TEL: (406) 626-5728   URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
2m DXCC #11, 6m DXCC #815