[Elecraft] RX Test (long)
Joe Planisky
jplan at jeffnet.org
Fri Jan 8 21:22:46 EST 2010
I've also considered that theory. It would be interesting (and easy
with an external audio mixer) to add a little pink noise to the audio
output to see if that "mellows" the sound a bit.
73
--
Joe KB8AP
On Jan 8, 2010, at 6:05 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> So my supposition is that we are not accustomed to hearing an "ideal"
> filter response - we are accustomed to hearing that tapered response,
> and as a result the K3 is judged to be "noisy", when in fact, it is
> very
> quiet for out of passband response and is faithfully reproducing the
> in-passband response that is actually present. We may not like to
> hear
> what is actually present, but in my mind, the K3 is faithful in
> re-producing it without distortion - that in my mind is the definition
> of a High Fidelity receiver.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
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