[Elecraft] ON4UN has a K3?

[OZ2BRN Brian Lodahl]

Yep, it's been on Youtube for the better part of 2 years now ...

Mr. Low-band DX'ing made the big step from Ten-tec Orion's to K3's some 
time ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT_NwIsz54k

73'
Brian OZ2BRN



Den 04-01-2011 14:17, Bill W4ZV skrev:
>          Oops, I meant to include the link to W8JI's comments below:
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> http://www.w8ji.com/polarization_and_diversity.htm
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> 73,  Bill
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> Craig-89 wrote:
>> I happened to tune across John ON4UN  on 40 meters working a JA  this
>> morning(his evening). John was soliciting opinions  from the JA on the
>> audio quality of a  K3.(he sounded great) It will be interesting to hear
>> what John thinks of his? K3.
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>> Can anyone confirm that John owns one, or maybe was he   just testing
>> someone else's K3? An  evaluation from this highly respected  author
>> should make for some interesting reading.
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>          Sorry for the reference to Craig's old 2008 post above but I
> searched the archives to see if anyone had mentioned ON4UN's new 5th edition
> of his Low-Band DXing.  I just received my copy a few days ago and the K3
> was most definitely the star of Chapter 3 - Receiving and Transmitting
> Equipment.  John's concluding comment at the end of the chapter:
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> "You can buy the best transceiver there is on the market for a very
> reasonable price, the Elecraft K3.  And no, I have no connection with
> Elecraft, and paid the full price for my K3s.  I would be ashamed asking for
> a discount for such a wonderful piece of equipment at such a very reasonable
> price."
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>          For those who may not have seen it, here's another nice endorsement
> from Tom W8JI regarding diversity and the K3:
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> "I implement stereo diversity by phase locking two separate receivers
> (heavily modified R4C's) together so audio outputs are exactly locked in
> phase. The receivers are virtually identical, even to the point where I hand
> select crystal filters for equal group delay change over the filter
> passband. Every oscillator in the receiver system is common to both
> receivers. I'm aware of only one commercially available amateur receiver
> that does true stereo diversity, the Elecraft K3. I currently use an
> Elecraft K3 since it is the only system that phase-locks two identical
> receivers, it interfaces a good transmitter with the receivers, and is a
> modern stable design with accurate frequency readout."
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> <SNIP>
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> "There are articles describing how to electronically lock the receiver
> tuning of the FT1000D (and other receivers) so the sub-receiver tracks the
> main receiver. This does somewhat work in the FT1000, because the
> oscillators share a common time base. The main problem with the FT1000 is
> the second receiver isn't a very good receiver, the filters do not match,
> the AGC does not match, and phase shift through the receivers (especially as
> the signal moves off the filter center) is not at all similar.
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> I had similar disappointment with the Orion system.
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> To the best of my knowledge the K3 Elecraft is the only receiver that has
> absolutely identical receivers that share one common reference system. That
> is what I have switched to now."
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>          I thought some of you might be interested to see what two of the
> best low band DXers thought about their K3s.
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> 73&  HNY,
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> Bill  W4ZV
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