[Elecraft] Happy But Very Sad

[Adrian]

On 22/06/2012 23:47, Paul VanOveren wrote:
> You read one bad review on Eham and make that kind of statement.

Who said I read one review?That wasnt a review, it was a comment. I read 
hundreds of comments and have heard many on-air reports, and have gone 
through the process myself that the usual k3 setup IMD3 results around 
the -26 to -27 dB mark at 13.8v in with standard supplied power cable.
> ." .Out in the real world the K3 has a bad rep for splatter and imd3 
> pro"     I have K3 # 758,  now over 4 yrs old, and have run it at 100 
> watts (as recommended) barefoot, into a Alpha 76 PA @ 50 watts and now 
> into a Elecraft KPA 500 with 25-30 watts.  After more than 5500 qsos 
> over the 4 yrs, ragchewing, chasing dx and contesting, I have had the 
> following numbers of bad audio, splattering or key clicks reports,  0 
> , zero, nata, none, zlich.

Thats what I would expect, so what? The 100w numbers needed to get 
better, and do with 15v in with a custom heavy cable. We did that, not 
because it was good fun, but from necessity.

>      IMHO, to make a statement like that (without any documentation) 
> is reckless and unwarranted. I have heard many reports from owners and 
> others, about the FT5000 re: key clicks, splattering, etc, but 
> certainly would not go on the Yeasu  reflector and spread such stuff 
> around.

I documented it for you here. You try to compare your Alpha 76 low drive 
level situation to those driving 3-500z pairs @ 100w ? It's a different 
deal.

The guys out there should try googling a bit and check out the amplifier 
forums. I stand by what I said, and said it to provide help to the K3 
owners out there that like to improve their imd3. From someone that has 
first hand gone through the process.