[Elecraft] [K3] AM Bandwidth

Monty Shultes montys at mindspring.com
Mon Mar 22 14:06:33 EDT 2010


Those readings are normal.  An indicated 3 khz bandwidth requires the 6 khz 
filter - 3 khz on each side of the carrier.  Since AM is DSB, one has to 
double the indicated bandwidth to see what filter is needed.

Monty  K2DLJ

> 3.0 / 1.5 *seems* right.  If the BW control goes up to 5.0, I think it
> tops out at 3.something.
>
> There is something about this that was on the list, last year, but I
> can't find it in the huge stack that develops...
>
> 73,
> matt
>
> On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:40:34 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>"Nor" is 3 khz and 1.5 kHz center.
>>
>>My main question is is it normal for the BW to max out at 5.0?
>>
>>Probably doesn't matter since there is no audible difference as you 
>>advance wider than 3.2 anyway.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Rick
>>K6LE
 



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