[Elecraft] K2 Poor sensitivity

[John Oppenheimer]

Hi Paul,

There is a procedure for estimating MDS documented in the XG3 manual,
the "Measuring Receiver Sensitivity" section:
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/E740154%20XG3%20Owner%27s%20Manual%20Rev%20D2%20-%20ECO%2001887.pdf

I've performed this test and found my K2 to have a reasonable match.

John KN5L

On 09/27/2016 05:38 AM, Radiobeamer wrote:
> I noticed that the S meter was not moving very much so I thought to
> check the sensitivity.  According to the spec we should have a sensitivity
> (MDS) of something like -130dBm without the preamp and -135dBm with the
> preamp.  I have an HP signal generator and, without being too precise about
> MDS etc,