[Elecraft] KX3 settings for 80SSB nighttime

[Walter Underwood]

For transmit settings, follow the “Basic Voice-Mode Setup” on page 15 of the manual. I tried to do it by tweaking knobs and never got anywhere until, in desperation, I finally read the manual.

For more “punch”, I collected advice on TX EQ and compression from this mailing list and compiled it into a blog post.

https://observer.wunderwood.org/2015/09/09/transmit-audio-and-compression-with-the-elecraft-kx3/

I run NR at a fairly low level, typically 4-5. NR works better on strong signals with the filters wide open. That gives the biggest difference between noise and signal, so the filter has an easier job. With faint signals, high settings of NR can decide that the signal is noise.

wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)

> On Dec 27, 2017, at 4:34 AM, kg9hfrank at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Folks I have had a KX3 for years and used it mostly on CW (ok.. 95%).
> With my rotator cuff surgery, I am up most of the night and listen on 75SSB.
> 
> I see NR, and of course PBT I/II as well as the RX EQ.  It dawned on me that I have never adjusted any of them.
> Of note is PBT I/II where I am not getting full advantage of the optional filter.
> 
> The background noise at my QTH seems to be mostly atmospheric and S-5.  Any preliminary set-up that I can follow?
> 
> de KG9H
> 
> 
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