[Elecraft] Hardware Noise Blanker on the K3

[Sam Morgan]

I have a  S9+10 noise that I am fighting on all bands, it's temp related, as the
day goes over (90-93 degrees it turns on) I will finally shut down about 3 hrs 
after sunset... but I digress

I sold my TS-450SAT which couldn't do much with it, you might see the S-meter 
drop a needles width from 9+10 to 9+9 big deal.

With my K3, by playing with *both* the Noise DSP as well as the hardware noise 
blankers,
I can see the noise floor drop from 9+10 to maybe S8,
however with the terrible bands of late,
and my apartment dweller antennas sometimes isn't low enough,
for me to hear some signals.

But hey it's one heck of a lot better than any other rig I ever used.
There are 18 different hardware settings, in combination with 18 DSP Noise 
variations, did I mention the plain DSP settings add another 24 possibilities?

Sometimes it's not enough. Sometimes it's great, just depends on which noise you 
are dealing with.

Oh, and yes, with the most aggressive settings, my neighbor's 9+30 signals do 
distort somewhat, whatcha gonna do? Find another hobby? Na, I just work around 
the loudest times of day. shrug

On 6/13/2010 8:50 PM, Charles Johnson wrote:
> It works better than any noise blanker I've ever used on any other radio.
>
snip
> On 6/13/2010 21:41, Toby Pennington wrote:
>> Someone with power line noise.......does the hardware noise blanker work
>> very well on s9 power line noise.  IF so,  is the SSB signal distorted ?
>> DSP blankers work to some extent but distort the audio.
>>


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GB & 73
K5OAI
Sam Morgan