[Elecraft] K3 - SPE Expert 1K-FA and ALC

Vic K2VCO vic at rakefet.com
Sat May 15 18:56:08 EDT 2010


Any time the gain of the system changes, there's distortion. In SSB mode, I would expect 
it to occur when the ALC voltage changes, such as at the beginning of syllables, etc.

On 5/15/2010 3:10 PM, David M. Elliott wrote:
> In general, I would agree with You and Guy and Vic.
>
> However, Gianfranco of SPE (Expert) suggests running the exciter at full power.  He
> says there is no splatter and the proof of the pudding is in the eating.  That seems to
> be true.  I can't see any splatter on the WaveNode and several on the air tests report
> fine audio with no splatter.
>
> I repeat:  There is something here we don't understand.
>
> Any comment, Gianfranco?
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