[Elecraft] 160 & 80m

[Steve KC8QVO]

I would be curious what the signal to noise ratio and readability is of the
signals, forget what the meter tells you. Does the meter show that a signal
goes to 7 S-units? 

Take the meter out of the equation and listen to the signals. Try to find a
signal that is barely readable on one rig or the other and see how they
compare.

I have not done the above experiment with my KX3 yet but I had a buddy's KX1
here a while back and I did that very experiment. Not only did I find that I
could hear better on the KX1, I found that signals that the KX1 could hear
my TS-2000 was no where close to hearing. My thinking is that the noise
floor was that much lower on the KX1 and it had better selectivity than my
TS-2000 does (quad-conversion vs. essentially direct conversion). 

Again, take the meter out of the equation and go off the readability of the
signals. 

Steve, KC8QVO



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