[Elecraft] K3 upgrade to K3S question

[Bill W4ZV]

Guy Olinger K2AV wrote
> The synthesizer upgrade makes a huge improvement in any medium CW speed
> operation and gets rid of a slight irregularity in CW formation when
> keying
> slower  tx/rx transition amps. That's in addition to the superb lowering
> and narrowing of phase noise.

I've had several unsolicited compliments on my CW signal quality on 160
since doing the synthesizer upgrade.  My RBNs typically indicate >50 dB SNRs
at East Coast RXs and it's nice to be a good neighbor on a band that has
very strong local signals.  

In the ARRL CW DX there was a multiop station in Mass that had bad clicks
+/- 1 kHz, so I notified the owner afterwards.  Turns out he was using an
unmodified FT-1000MP which is notorious for clicks; he had the parts for the
mod but had not yet done it.  Shame on Yaesu for stonewalling this problem
for years.  Fortunately MPs are becoming scarcer by the day.

Thank you Elecraft for producing one of the best quality CW signals and not
allowing owners to shorten rise/fall times to intentionally create dirty
signals.

73,  Bill  W4ZV




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