[Elecraft] K3: Latest Beta FW - Vox, TX Gate and Notch observations in ss

[S Sacco]

> One bad thing about owning a K3 is that you can get very
> close to other contestants on a crowded band and, if they
> have a clean transmitter, not know that they are even there.
>  While running with the 1.8 filter on and the DSP tight, I
> could find holes within busy bands to attempt runs in and
> had several complaints from adjecent stations, both above
> and below which I simply COULD NOT HEAR.  Most of these guys
> were running high power... And I was running the K3
> barefoot.


Lu -

One important thing to remember is that, while you're cranked down all
nice and narrow on RECEIVE, you're still transmitting through the 2.7
or 2.8 kHz filters, so your TRANSMITTED bandwidth is quite a bit wider
than your RECEIVING bandwidth...

73,
Steve
NN4X