[Elecraft] K4 and Predistortion

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

Tongue and cheek, .........from what I hear on the bands, pre-distortion 
starts with mostly that which comes out of the operators mouth.  
Electronics won't improve this artifact.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 5/18/2019 11:35 AM, Roger wrote:
> As there is a lot of buzz going around with the announced K4 and I have seen
> 1 or 2 messages on this reflector that referred to "Predistortion" I wonder
> if there is any further detail on that. I probably fall out of the regular
> scheme as I couldn´t care less about the ability for remote control and
> another 10 USB ports rather than predistortion. FLEX is using the customer
> request for more remote control possibilities and more USB ports to hold
> their 5 or 6 years ago announced predistortion on standby - at least that is
> what they say. With the radios receiverwise reaching the physical limits it
> now is time to pull up the transmitter side to the state of the art as well.
> Regarding transmit IMD  we are still in the 70s or 80s and sometimes even
> worse than that therefore no progress has been made the last 40 to 50 years!
>
> So is there any deadline (vague or not) when predistortion will be
> implemented?
>
> 73s Roger, DL5RBW
>
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