[Elecraft] K3 and Preamp

[Jim Brown]

On Fri,9/5/2014 2:08 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> I didn't say that the pre-amp isn't worth the money - I just said that
> supplying more noise to the ears isn't a good justification for it.
> It's well known that the K3 needs a pre-amp for effective weak-signal
> work on the higher bands, but it's not (primarily) because it makes
> the noise louder - it's because it raises the signals (from the
> antenna) above the receiver's internal noise.

Exactly.

73, Jim K9YC