[Elecraft] RX Ant K3 Preamp vs External Preamp

Rich rwnewbould at comcast.net
Sun Apr 26 23:26:20 EDT 2020


I was talking about RX antennas,  like Beverages and such, so mainly 40m 
and 80m.   I am happy with the K3 pre-amp I was just curious to what 
others use

Thanks

Rich

On 4/26/2020 20:12 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> The internal preamp in my K3S does an excellent job on 6 meters.   If 
> I decided to use an external preamp, it would be located at the 
> antenna feed point with suitable switching and protection.
>
> I suppose the question, what bands do you perceive you need a preamp?  
> And what is your no signal band noise on the bands of concern?
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
> On 4/26/2020 6:32 PM, Rich wrote:
>> I am interested in finding out from the experts....................
>>
>> Is it best to use the K3 internal pre-amp or add an external pre-amp 
>> to the RX antenna system?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> K3RWN
>>
>>
>>
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