K3 6M Preamp?

[S Sacco]

Did anyone notice the kind of steathy product announcement, of a 6M preamp
for the K3 in Toby's excellent "K3 Test from Bavaria"?  I recall it being
tossed around as a posibliity, but don't recall seeing anything since (?).

>From Toby's review:

*Wayne: The K3 has a fairly low-gain preamp. It is designed to improve
MDS to -136 dBm or better without compromising dynamic range any more
than necessary. Your later tests show that it is working as intended. I
should mention that we also have an external K3 6-meter preamp product
in the testing phase right now. It attaches directly to the RX ANT IN
and OUT jacks, which can be selected on a per-band basis. It improves
**6-meter MDS to better than -142 dBm.*

For us 6M enthusiasts, THIS is exciting news!   That, with a great noise
blanker, should make my 6M efforts even more fun.

Looking forward to hearing more on this option!

73,

Steve  NN4X
EL98jh  / 6M DXCC
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[Tom-5]

> Did anyone notice the kind of steathy product announcement, of a 6M preamp
> for the K3 in Toby's excellent "K3 Test from Bavaria"?  I recall it being
> tossed around as a posibliity, ..

   Toby, I caught that also. In the mean time, I have a ARR preamp, Model
# P50VDG, that sits on the back of my K3. I use a female-female BNC
adapter that holds the preamp out to the rx antenna in, and a simple
male-male jumper about 9" to handle the other connections. I take power
from the handy 12 vdc RCA jack on the back of the K3.

   Of note though, I have a 6 dB BNC pad on the output of the preamp. I've
always found that preamps are a lot happier when they see close to 50
ohms.

   I have no measured MDS numbers for you. But it does bring weaker
signals up to where I can read them. This K3 is in my shack at home.

   Which brings me to a problem. I have a TS-2000 at a remote site that I
use for 6 meters SSB, only. My home sits in a valley, and this remote
site is 300 feet above my head. But, there is no comparison of the
TS-2000 with the K3, so, do I order another K3? (me thinks so!)
   I might be the only person to buy a K3 to operate just one band!

    So it will be interesting to see what Aptos has come up with for 6,
but in the mean time, you can do it yourself.

   73 de tom K8TB K3 FB53
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[Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO]

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>   I might be the only person to buy a K3 to operate just one band!

Nope.  :-)  Though I do plan to get back on HF at some point in the next year
or two, for the time being I'm exclusively one of those infernal 6m freaks...
I mean, operators.  :-)  Getting the K3 essentially for use on 6m.

Bill W5WVO
K3 in April 2008

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[Tom-5]

Bill W5WVO wrote:

 > Getting the K3 essentially for use on 6m.

    So, should we start using SMIRK3 ?  :)

    cu on six. 73 de tom k8t

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