[Elecraft] Fwd: Noise Blankers

[Ralph McClintock]

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Subject: 	[Elecraft] Noise Blankers
Date: 	Sun, 3 Sep 2017 13:59:59 -0400
From: 	Ralph McClintock <w1zk at comcast.net>
To: 	k9ma at sdellington.us



Scott,

  There are two NBs available in the K3. Have you tried the K3 DSP NB? 
Don't even tell me about the "NB" in the FT-1000. Been there; _fought_ 
with Chip K7JA at Yaesu about how bad it was until he quit responding. 
That was about 1992/3. Tom W8JI finally explained where Yaesu really 
screwed the pooch with their entire FT-1000 line NB wise. I went through 
every rig from 1990 right up to 2014 when I got my 2nd K3 and the latest 
DPS software. During that time I was fighting electric fence and power 
line "crap" on 160 meters, my main band of interest. The "regular" for 
lack of a better word, Noise Blanker, in the K3 is probably okay for 
auto ignition noise, like all the rest, but for what I faced it was the 
DSP NB that blew all the rest of the crap away. NO Problems with strong 
signal overload on 160. I could copy very weak signals right in between 
New England/NY big guys, and that is on my transmit antenna! The K3 DSP 
NB was, and still is, a game changer for me. Give it a try on your power 
line junk.

W1ZK

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