[Elecraft] Advanced Receiver Research P50VDG 6M Preamp

[Ken Arck]

If you really want an improvement, you should move the preamps to 
your masthead.

(not to rain on your parage but you do realize that the .5 dB noise 
figure is essentially meaningless if the preamp is in your shack, right?)

Ken


At 01:32 PM 1/25/2017, you wrote:
>I love my K3s and have been using the K3s' built in preamp on 50MHz 
>meteor scatter and have made many contacts with it. Today I got an 
>ARR P50VDG out of the closet and hooked it up to the K3s. This 
>little GasFet really cooks! .5dB NF, 24dB gain. I was amazed at the 
>difference. Sorry K3s, the P50VDG will remain in place!
>
>I also have in my 2M setup (K3s/K144XV) an ARR SP144VDG RF switched 
>preamp in the coax line from the K3s/K144XV to the BEKO HLV-1000 
>amp. The experience with that addition to the shack is what drove me 
>to check out the P50VDG. I am glad I did.
>
>For all of you HFers moaning over the conditions, come on up to the 
>higher frequencies and have some fun on meteor scatter or moon bounce.
>
>73s Jim, W4ATK
>
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