[Elecraft] K2: KDSP2 - Should I or Shouldn't I?

[Don Wilhelm]

Jon,

The KDSP2 will reduce the noise - the nr is quite effective.
However, if you operate digital modes, I don't think you should be using 
noise reduction with digital modes, it will reduce your copy.  Many 
digital modes can decode at or below the noise level anyway, and th 
enormal recommendation is to turn nr off when receiving digital.
So consider the cost vs. the amount of time you spend on CW or SSB to 
determine how cost effective it will be for you.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/10/2012 1:30 PM, Jon Perelstein wrote:
> The area I live in has gotten much noisier (QRN) over the past few years
> and it's killing me.  I know that there are stations I want out there -- I
> can kinda sorta hear them but I can't hear them over the noise well enough
> to have a QSO.  As much as possible I've checked everything in the house
> and the local telephone poles and one of my neighbors was even kind enough
> to replace the circulator motor in his Koi pond, but the noise level is
> still pretty bad.  I mostly operate digital modes on 80-10 (PSK, RTTY,
> Olivia, etc.) with a fair amount of CW and the occasion sideband QSO.
>