[Elecraft] re. K3/K3S noise blanker performance greatly enhanced (at my QTH) -- need testers

[Dave Cole]

That answered a question I took off list, will my 12 KHz filter work,
looks like I will be testing this...
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73's, and thanks,
Dave

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On Fri, 2016-02-05 at 17:00 +0000, g3pqa at onetel.com wrote:
> Thanks Wayne, the software blanking improvement on CW using FL1 13kHz
> filter set to 400Hz is remarkable because not only does it suppress
> strong electric fence pulses here for the first time in years but
> also cleans up the NB function when FL1 is enabled. I used the 13kHz
> filter because it was in my K3. DSP 2-3 or 3-3, IF Blanker OFF.
> The main improvement is on the DSP blanker, the hardware blanker
> remains only mildly effective on strong electric fence pulses and is
> little use if any with FL1. 
> Some overload on strong signals as expected because of wide roofing
> filter. Setting the bandwidth to activate either my 500 and 200
> filter each side degrades NB performance to previous.
> I will try with a 6kHz filter in due course.
> John G3PQA
> (K3 1123)
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