[Elecraft] Different focus
Bill Steffey NY9H
ny9h at arrl.net
Sun Jan 24 20:32:17 EST 2021
I listened to Eric & Wayne proclamations , and did not hear either say
that the "subtractive " algorithms were going into the k4. sooner or
later.
I believe that that is what BHI uses ....
bill
On 1/24/2021 12:07 PM, John Stengrevics wrote:
> Evert,
>
> As one who suffers from such noise, I too look forward to such improvements.
>
> The K4 will have a “subtractive” noise reduction/noise blanking algorithm that essentially subtracts noise form a signal being copied. During the recent Zoom call, I was told it would be available in about 3 months.
>
> I think you can find a demonstration of this on YouTube somewhere. It is very impressive.
>
> 73,
>
> John
> WA1EAZ
>
>> On Jan 24, 2021, at 11:35 AM, <evert at pa2kw.com> <evert at pa2kw.com> wrote:
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>> 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).
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>> The transition from hardware to software opened a new world of possibilities.
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>> But ….
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>> Today, most of us are battling near-field man made noise instead of receiver overload.
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>> Reality tells us that this noise is not going to reduce the next decade or so.
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>> Receivers will outperform competitors if they enable noise reduction and improve S/N ratio.
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>> This will be a combi of hardware (antenna’s and receivers) and smart software solutions (algorithms etc.)
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>> Just wondering if during the K4 design this “chance” was considered and if so, how this was implemented ?
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>> 73, Evert PA2KW
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>> (waiting for the K4 kit)
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