[Elecraft] K3 - Performance on 6M?

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

No big deal but to avoid any confusion the archived mail quoted is 
rather a hybrid, the analysis is my observations on reception of the 
BA beacon.

Not been listening on 6M much just lately because the coax for the 
beam has been diverted to a temporary 80M dipole, soon to come down. 
I prefer the hiss to the ear crunching QRN.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

>
> N5GE posted a very nice little analysis to the Elecraft reflector 
> some time back, showing his experience in puling in a weak 6 meter 
> beacon located in Buenos Aires. He reports that the PR6 improves 
> weak signal reception better than using the internal preamp in the 
> K3, and that for very, very weak signals using both preamps 
> together is helpful. See his report at
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg86350.html
>
> The PR6 preamp is desirable/necessary because receiver sensitivity 
> on 6 meters is inherently less than on HF bands in the K3, due to 
> the basic architecture of the rig. It's not a design flaw, but 
> rather the result of a tradeoff of design considerations.
>
>>From my experience, the K3 will serve you very well on 6 meters, 
>>and very, very well with the addition of the PR6 preamp.
>
> Lew K6LMP