[Elecraft] [K3] The Way We Rank Receivers (long)

[Bill Frantz]

OK, I can't resist. I turned on my KX3 at about 0018z on Oct 26. 
It was set up for 20M PSK tuned to 14.070 with a DSP bandwidth 
of 2.5KHz. I showed one bar (S1) of S meter with occasional 
flashing of the second bar (S3). The preamp was off and it was 
in DATA A mode. The antenna is a 2 element wire beam at about 20 
feet. There were no obvious signals on the PX3 -- the band was closed.

I am at the family house in Peterborough NH, about 1.5 miles 
from the village and some 500-1000 feet from the nearest other 
houses. We do have some CFL and LED bulbs in the house, some of 
which are turned on.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 10/25/16 at 2:43 PM, wunder at wunderwood.org (Walter Underwood) wrote:

>Good point. Looking at the photo of my KX3 on top of Mount 
>Willson in Henry Coe, I see two bars on the S-meter on 20 
>meters. That is miles from Silicon Valley. It was quiet and 
>lovely, I could hear everybody. The filters were wide open, 
>preamp on, and NR off. Zoom in and you can see for yourself.

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