[Elecraft] Considering a K3

[dave]

Dave,

You might want to review the method used by the ARRL for their 
blocking and IMD testing. For these tests they use an extremely narrow 
bandwidth, maybe as narrow as 10 or 20 Hz. Completely unrealistic for 
any normal use.

What you want to look at is the *lower* of BDR/IMD *or* 'reciprocal 
mixing dynamic range'. For the K3 the RMDR is much lower than IMD/BDR.

You might also want to check Sherwood Engineering's site. His 
'receiver test data'. He does not use such unrealistic test methods.

The K3 is still better than the Pro3 but not as much as ARRL numbers 
indicate.

And note that what you are seeing is likely TX phase noise from the 
other transmitters. There is nothing you can do about that. The TX has 
to clean up their act.

73 de dave
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On 4/5/14 11:51 AM, David Cole wrote:
> Hi Dave (K6LL),
> Thanks for that thought, but I am pretty sure it is not their rigs...
>
> Here is my reasoning for why I think that:
>
> One rig is a K3, and an AL-1500, about 1/2 mile from me, and line of
> sight.  One of the the others is a 756 PRO III, and I don't know what
> amp, about a half mile from me, while the third is an older Collins rig,
> with an older Henry amp, about 100 yards from me.
>
> All three rigs, and my mobile rig in the driveway, cause exactly the
> same effect when they are transmitting, the band scope, (set to
> something like 200 KC wide), shows perfectly straight increase across
> the entire 200 KC's of scope, along the bottom, as a raised noise floor
> would.  It looks like phase noise, but I would expect that to roll off,
> and not be as flat as this is.  I also live close to an AM station,
> 100KW, and about a mile and a half away, and I see almost the same
> thing, as I approach the station frequency.  I can see the entire noise
> floor raise as I get closer to the station.
>
> I have an inrad roofing filter installed to the PRO III.  Does this
> still sound like Phase Noise to you?
>