[Elecraft] K3S Noise reduction Test

[wa9fvp]

nr4c. bill wrote,
But that knob varies a whole other range of NR. How hard is it to turn one knob 32 clicks? 

32 clicks but only 4 NR levels.  The other settings are delays and mixed signals.  There aren’t enough level settings.
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But that knob varies a whole other range of NR. How hard is it to turn one knob 32 clicks? 

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...nr4c. bill 

> On Jun 20, 2017, at 2:51 PM, Drew AF2Z <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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> The only thing I would change in NR is to make it easier to scroll through the settings. Currently you can only go through the 32 settings sequentially with the VFO-B knob, from 1-1 through 8-4. It would be nice if the VFO-A knob could be employed to increment and decrement the first parameter. 
> 
> For example: if you were on NR 1-3 you could scroll directly through 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, etc using the VFO-A knob. 
> 
> I don't know the details of NR but believe that all the n-1 settings are related to each other as a group; same goes for the n-2 settings, n-3, and n-4. So, it would make sense to be able to scroll through the "n" values when looking for the best noise reduction. 
> 
> 73, 
> Drew 
> AF2Z 
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> 
>> On 06/20/17 11:48, wa9fvp wrote: 
>> I did a comprehensive test of the K3S noise reduction system and uploaded the 
>> same document to the Elecraft_K3 Yahoo group. 
>> Elecraft_K3_NoiseReduction.pdf 
>> <http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/file/n7631913/Elecraft_K3_NoiseReduction.pdf> 
>> Here's what I concluded. 
>> Settings Fn-1 provides the least noise reduction.  Fn-2 and Fn-3 noise 
>> levels are almost the same and one setting could be eliminated.  Fn-4 
>> provides the most noise reduction and having 3 settings, it would 
>> simplifying NR adjustments.  The NR delays that is, F1-n through F4-n, could 
>> be added to the configuration menu.  There are delay differences in the 
>> noise ripple but aurally, with a complex voice waveform, there’s no 
>> distinction between the delay settings. 
>> Don't get me wrong! I'm not that saying there's something wrong with the 
>> K3/K3S noise reduction. It works very well!  I think there are too many 
>> settings and some can be eliminated.  What are your thoughts? 
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