K3 - A CW rig?

[Benny Aumala]

Fred,
you are right. K3 is not for everybody.
For SSB-man, there is everything available, 1st class.
Remember K2 had SSB as add-on unit. This rig has:
-Voice monitoring
-Microphone selection
-Digital speech compression
-VOX of premium quality
-Microphone equalisation

And with DVR-unit:
-TX message record and playback
-RX audio recording

Same kind of list can be made for digital modes, too.

Maybe one reason for messages from CW-folks is
that they are more alert; they knew K3 at once and acted.

Another is certainly the huge improvement for CW using
this RX architecture. Improvement with narrow roofing filter is
more significant for CW than SSB. But SSB is improved, too.

This is my best phone machine during 50 years of amateurisme.
And I have had and made many.
Just wait for official measurements including SSB-behaviour!
But then it is rush-hour.

Benny OH9NB

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[dave.wilburn]

I saw picture of a guy in t-shirt at a cookout.  His t-shirt read,
'Without CW, it is just CB'.  Anyone know where these shirts are
available?  I haven't been able to find them.
-  

David Wilburn
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K4DGW
K2 S/N 5982


On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 23:55 +0200, Benny Aumala wrote:

> Fred,
> you are right. K3 is not for everybody.
> For SSB-man, there is everything available, 1st class.
> Remember K2 had SSB as add-on unit. This rig has:
> -Voice monitoring
> -Microphone selection
> -Digital speech compression
> -VOX of premium quality
> -Microphone equalisation
>
> And with DVR-unit:
> -TX message record and playback
> -RX audio recording
>
> Same kind of list can be made for digital modes, too.
>
> Maybe one reason for messages from CW-folks is
> that they are more alert; they knew K3 at once and acted.
>
> Another is certainly the huge improvement for CW using
> this RX architecture. Improvement with narrow roofing filter is
> more significant for CW than SSB. But SSB is improved, too.
>
> This is my best phone machine during 50 years of amateurisme.
> And I have had and made many.
> Just wait for official measurements including SSB-behaviour!
> But then it is rush-hour.
>
> Benny OH9NB
>
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[w6jd]

Fred,

I am a devote CW op and have never enjoyed SSB until the
K3 came along. K3 audio is remarkably clean, distortion
free and a joy to listen to. Clearly a great deal of the "trash"
I heard on SSB I should have attributed to my receiver rather
than the "other guy". Unlike many other implementations, the
K3 DSP noise reduction is very effective without introducing
annoying artifacts. At its most aggressive it will produce a
hollow, "bottom of the well", sound but with no loss of
intelligibility. The VOX is the smoothest I've ever used and
is all you could ever want. Being able to tailor both the
receive and transmit audio allows you to compensate for
your voice and hearing characteristics quite effectively.

73,
Doug, W6JD
K2/100 #1626
K3/100 #23

-------------- Original message --------------
From: "Fred (FL)" <[hidden email]>

> Seems like much of the K3 Reflector correspondence,
> and even the discussons of K3 Filters, invariably
> ignores the SSB mode in the K3. Is the K3, like the
> K2, again looked at as a CW contest rig? For those
> hundreds who received their K3's so far, there haven't
> been an practical "how it works" posts.
>
> This retired ham, is waiting until after 1 Jan, to
> decide when to order my K3. In a way it seems like
> the rig is still early in its product introduction,
> maybe later would be better.
>
> Fred
> N3CSY
>
>
>
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