[Elecraft] Different focus

[evert at pa2kw.com]

For many years dynamic range and other receiver performance figures (see Sherwood) and digital “features” like NB, NR, APF, Notch etc got a lot of attention (which was good).

The transition from hardware to software opened a new world of possibilities.

But ….

Today, most of us are battling near-field man made noise instead of receiver overload.

Reality tells us that this noise is not going to reduce the next decade or so.

Receivers will outperform competitors if they enable noise reduction and improve S/N ratio.

This will be a combi of hardware (antenna’s and receivers) and smart software solutions (algorithms etc.)

 

Just wondering if during the K4 design this “chance” was considered and if so, how this was implemented ?

 

73, Evert PA2KW

 

(waiting for the K4 kit)