[Elecraft] Preamp 2 and upcoming F/W

Fri Mar 17 17:26:44 EDT 2017

Good news, Wayne.

TNX

Volker

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Betreff: Re: [Elecraft] Preamp 2 and upcoming F/W
Datum: 2017-03-17T20:06:10+0100
Von: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
An: "Volker.Debus at t-online.de" <Volker.Debus at t-online.de>

Still working on that.

Wayne

On Mar 17, 2017, at 1:17 AM, Volker.Debus at t-online.de wrote:

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> Betreff: AW: [Elecraft] Preamp 2 and upcoming F/W
> Datum: 2017-03-17T09:10:34+0100
> Von: "Volker.Debus at t-online.de" <Volker.Debus at t-online.de>
> An: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
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> Will there be S-meter correction for Pre 2 in ABS mode?
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> 73
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> Volker
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> DL4ZBG
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> Betreff: Re: [Elecraft] Preamp 2 and upcoming F/W
> Datum: 2017-03-17T02:45:45+0100
> Von: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> An: "Dauer, Edward" <edauer at law.du.edu>
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> Hi Ted,
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> Preamp 2 is in fact the one on the KXV3B. So any K3 running the new firmware will allow preamp 2 use on 17 and 15 meters. The NF improvement is significant (3 and 6 dB, respectively).
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> The firmware is being field tested now.
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> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
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> On Mar 16, 2017, at 6:30 PM, "Dauer, Edward" <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:
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>> Wayne’s post – which I accidentally erased – noted that the LNA “Preamp 2” will soon be accessible for 15 and 17 meters through a F/W release. 
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>> Just to be sure, does anyone know if that will that include the preamp in the KXV3B? 
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>> I have so far passed up ordering a KXV3B because the Manual says its preamp can be used on 12-10-6, whereas my outboard PR6-10 adds a good deal of gain on 15 as well.
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>> Ted, KN1CBR
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