[Elecraft] Buying a KRX3 - Filter selection help needed!

[Ian White]

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>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
>bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Arie Kleingeld PA3A
>Sent: 03 March 2013 13:02
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>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buying a KRX3 - Filter selection help needed!
>
>Jast adding my two cents.
>
>No diversitiy possibilities here at  PA3A-home.
>But sometimes, I take my K3 to the clubstation PI4D (with lots of
>antennas) for the big contests. We use the K3 in diversity whenever
>possible there!  The K3 in that configuration is the favorite trx of
>many ops. Everybody loves the diversity.


Don't give up on diversity from home - try a small active antenna. From
10MHz downward, I am constantly surprised at what can be heard on the
opposite polarization from the main antennas.



73 from Ian GM3SEK


>So if finance is not a problem, duplicate the filters.
>
>73
>Arie PA3A
>
>Op 2-3-2013 20:34, Jeff Hall schreef:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I need advice on picking filters for a KRX3.
>>
>> I currently have the following filters in my K3:
>>
>>
>> 2.7 kHz 5 pole
>> 1.8 kHz 8 pole
>> 400 Hz  8 pole
>>
>> Should I put the same filters in the KRX3? At this time, I don't have the
>capability to take advantage of "diversity receive".  It's been a while
since I
>researched filters, but if I recall, it is only the 5-pole that has an
"offset" that needs
>to be matched, correct?  Is it overkill to add the other two 8-pole filters
if I'm just
>using the KRX3 to chase DX working split?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jeff
>>
>
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