[Elecraft] 3 technical questions

Bill Frantz frantz at pwpconsult.com
Wed May 29 22:17:29 EDT 2019


Thanks for this explanation. Now I'm sure the K4HD will be at 
least as good as the K3S and probably better.

Watching Elecraft is like watching a really good magician. With 
both, you expect extraordinary things. However, with Elecraft, I 
like to know how it is done. :-)

73 Bill AE6JV

On 5/29/19 at 6:09 PM, n6kr at elecraft.com (Wayne Burdick) wrote:

>The K4 is always doing direct sampling for panadapter purposes.
>If the HDR module is turned off or is not present, the K4 also 
>does direct sampling for demodulation.
>If the HDR module is turned on, two additional ADCs are used, 
>right at the outputs of the crystal filters (oversimplifying a 
>bit). The original two ADCs are still being used for the panadapter.
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