[Elecraft] KX3 for SWLs?

[Phil Wheeler]

Hmm ... Above 49 meters an AlexLoop with the KX3 
should work very well for SWBC.

Phil W7OX

On 8/18/14, 9:47 AM, Chris Chien wrote:
> Using the PREAMP increases both the signal and noise at the same time.
> It works well with a 20dB gain active loop antenna, but it still not
> completely blowing the Grundig away. I might want to test it later with a
> full size dipole.
> Though the little G3 is not at all in the same class as KX3, but it is
> still comparable in terms of shortwave listening.
>
> 73,
> AC9FU
> Chris
>
>
> 2014-08-19 0:25 GMT+08:00 Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>:
>
>> You could use an "active antenna" (amplified) with the KX3 -- just don't
>> transmit into it. The Grundig probably has the equivalent of an active
>> antenna amplifier built in.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>> On Aug 18, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Chris Chien <auspicious3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree. I used a short whip simply to see if the KX3 is suitable for
>> portable SWLs.
>>> In this case, I would say a short whip doesn't make KX3 a descent
>> shortwave receiver.
>>> 73,
>>> AC9FU
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-08-18 23:59 GMT+08:00 Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>:
>>> The Grudig has more gain because it is designed to be used with a short
>> whip. The KX3 is built for high dynamic range with full-size antennas, so
>> it will perform better with a long wire, dipole, vertical, etc., cut for
>> the band in use.
>>> But if you have no choice but to use a short whip with the KX3
>> sometimes, you can increase the PREAMP menu setting to 30 dB (a per-band
>> setting).
>>> 73,
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>
>>
>>
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