[Elecraft] K3 Filter question - SSB

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Jim Brown wrote:
>On 11/10/2011 8:34 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>>   there is so much
>> atrocious splatter from crummy rigs or ignorantly adjusted rigs during a
>> major contest
>
>YES, YES, YES.
>
>> that it is truly rare to find such a narrow filter
>> actually being helpful.   I also would trade my 1.5 KHz filters for a
>> pair of 1.8 KHz filters in a heartbeat.
>
>I strongly agree. I have 1.8 kHz filters in my K3s, and find that I
>rarely use them during a contest for the reasons that W4ZV has
>articulated.  Paraphrasing from another world, "it's the TRASH, stupid!"

Forgive me, Jim, but claiming that it's only about one single thing will 
always lead to bad advice. One-line slogans don't even work in politics, 
and even less so in engineering.

Whatever the problem, it's ALWAYS about finding the optimum working 
balance between several different aspects.

In this particular case we are trying maximize the QSO rate by finding 
the best possible balance between intelligibility, minimum use of front 
panel controls, longer-term operator fatigue and probably several other 
factors that will be of genuine importance to some people, at least some 
of the time.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek