[Elecraft] New K3 owner, couple of questions (APF vs. DUAL PB, NR under the water sound, KPA3 temp)

[Ian Kahn - Ham]

Andy,

Congratulations on the new K3!  I've had mine about three years and love it.
I can only answer one part of one question for you - the Dual PB comes into
play only in RTTY operations.  It shouldn't enabled for other modes.  To
help you learn about your K3, you might consider purchasing Fred Cady's
book, The Elecraft K3:  Design, Configuration, and Operation, from Lulu.com
(http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=Fred+Cady&type=Not+Service&site
search=lulu.com&q=).  It will tell you all you need to know, and then some,
about the K3.  And, no, Fred isn't giving me kick-backs for promoting his
book.  I'm just another happy customer with no financial interest (unless
you count knowing how to run the multi-thousands of dollars piece of
equipment at my operating station).

Hope this helps.

73 de,

-- Ian
Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA  EM74ua
km4ik.ian at gmail.com
K3 #281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468
HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team

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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andreas Hofmann
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 1:07 PM
To: 'elecraft at mailman.qth.net'
Subject: [Elecraft] New K3 owner, couple of questions (APF vs. DUAL PB, NR
under the water sound, KPA3 temp)

Hi,

I put together my new K3 without any issues. My 8 and 10 year old daughters
helped and they really enjoyed it too. Overall I am very happy with its
performance.  I do not seem to need PRE on the high bands as much, but I do
seem to need ATT on the low bands more...  I guess that is by design. I have
a few things I need to figure out and the manual does not seem to help:


1.       DUAL PB, APF. I am not sure I get the APF to work. I do not hear or
see the middle peak of the filter. I think I only get DUAL PB, no matter
what I set in the config menu.  I am using the latest FW. Any ideas how to
verify?

2.       NR:  I like how the noise goes away, but I do not like the
under-the-water sound (K2 owner, no DSP experience).  I seem to switch
constantly back and forth... I am using the default setting for NR (F1-1).
Is there a way to back off the setting slightly to have a better compromise
setting?

3.       KPA3 temp: The fans are MUCH quieter as my K2's which is good, but
I do worry that I have not setup something right...When I monitor the KPA3
temperature, what is the max value that I should watch out for? I am getting
up to 41 C during casual operation.

Thanks in advance and 73,
Andy
KU7T
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