[Elecraft] Wider bandwidth while listening to AM SW on the KX3?

[Matt VK2RQ]

This is quite true Don, however it should also be noted that the design parameters of interest to this discussion largely lie in software, which provides considerable flexibility in meeting the goals of both ham band and general coverage reception. This is of course one of the big advantages of adopting a Software Defined Radio architecture.

73, Matt VK2RQ

On 02/11/2013, at 5:33 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> The KX3 is designed as a Ham Band receiver as the primary consideration.  It includes filtering that is practical for Ham Band operation.
> Yes, it does provide full general coverage receive,  but the design parameters are not primarily for SWL wideband audio response.  The general coverage aspects are a nice add-on, but are not the primary focus of the KX3.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 11/1/2013 4:21 PM, Andrew Robertson wrote:
>> It’s true that, in the USA, the sidebands will be 5 KHz, at the absolute maximum, which means that I am missing at most about .8 KHz of audio at the very most.  However, in the shortwave bands (above MW BCB) there are many broadcasters using 12 to even 15 KHz of spectrum these days.  China, Cuba, Russia, and others have all adopted a very hi-fi sounding very wide bandwidth in the past few years.
>> 
>> I use the same speakers for all my listening with different radios so it’s not likely that this is the issue.
> 
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