[Elecraft] K3S vs. K3

[Phil Hystad]

I admit to not doing a darn’d thing to K3 settings to adjust the audio.  Must be exactly the same as they were from the the K3 came from Factory, December 2009.

I think though that others may desire more because they operate primarily SSB where as I am 98 percent CW.  Well, maybe 99 percent.  And, my only adjustment is choosing the sidetone to be what I prefer.  As for audio quality, not sure what I should expect with the bandwidth set down to values below 300 Hz most of the time.  When searching for stations, I am about 1000 Hz but as soon as I start a QSO, I narrow it down to something that narrow enough to knock out a lot of QRM and QRN (if it is present).

73, phil, K7PEH


> On May 16, 2015, at 6:47 PM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> This "By trial and error - and keeping careful notes - I eventually I found a combo of settings that work for me.  My K3 now provides rich warm receive audio via a pair of Behringer amplified speakers and is most pleasing to listen to for hours at a time.  Having said all this - I have to say my K3 has excellent receive audio. I just had to dig to get to it." is interesting, Bill.
> 
> Can you share your combo of settings?
> 
> Phil W7OX
> 
> On 5/16/15 6:20 PM, Bill wrote:
>> 
>> It is a fact that out of the box, many rigs do sound better than the K3 - warmer and richer audio. That was my experience and is also reported by others. However, these rigs are not equals to the K3 in most other aspects and have no K-Line of supporting equipment available.
>> 
>> It took me a long time to get the K3 sounding the way I wanted it to - to suit my needs of armchair copy on 40/75/160 for rag chew. Hiss and audio response were both a problem, making my K3 less than desirable for my needs.
>> 
>> I decided to make use of all the various menu settings/changes/selections afforded by the K3 to get it to produce the audio I wanted. The Cady book was a help in understanding what the various settings do and why they do it.
>> 
>> I dogged and dogged the problems and menus. I asked for help and basically found I was in this by myself - other reflector users said the K3 sounded wonderful. To me, it did not. My TS480 ran audio rings around it - right out of the box.
>> 
>> By trial and error - and keeping careful notes - I eventually I found a combo of settings that work for me.  My K3 now provides rich warm receive audio via a pair of Behringer amplified speakers and is most pleasing to listen to for hours at a time.  Having said all this - I have to say my K3 has excellent receive audio. I just had to dig to get to it.
>> 
>> Now, will I get the new synth? I don't know yet. I will first need to hear what experiences other K3 users are having with it. So far, none have replied to my question on the matter. However, that really doesn't matter much, as I am in no hurry.
>> 
>> Bill W2BLC K-Line
> 
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