[Elecraft] [K3] Phase Noise / CW Key Clicks

[Jan Erik Holm]

On 2012-09-13 20:46, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 9/12/2012 9:18 PM, Matt Zilmer wrote:
>> The main real-world problem is that the K3 is a minority in the
>> general ham rig population.  Maybe someday, the K3 penetration rate
>> will be high enough that we can hear it in how quiet the bands are.
>> Crowded but quiet between signals that is.
>
> Yes, BUT -- considering the number of active contesters in the world
> (study the results of major contests), I'd say that Elecraft has been
> achieving pretty good penetration. If I'm not mistaken, I've seen serial
> numbers in the 7,000 range, and we know that they started at #1 and
> didn't skip any. It's also gotten to the point where experienced
> DXpeditioners would rather drag their own K3s through airports than
> accept freebies from Icom or Yaesu.
>
> More important, it's REAL easy to see the difference between a clean rig
> and a dirty one on a P3, and every season I see a greater proportion of
> clean ones!  It's gotten to the point that, at least here on the West
> Coast, a dirty signal stands out like a sore thumb!
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
Yes but there are still far too many bad radios around, huge number of
FT-1000MP´s and crap ICOM transmitters, they will be around for many
years to come. Frankly I can not see any "K3 impact" on the bands,
at least not from my horizon in Europe.

/Jim SM2EKM