Its all very personal and yes narrow bandwidth will have a some what
hollow or squezed sound, this is just the nature of using a narrow
bandwidth. I find that the K3 sounds better at very narrow settings
than some of the other rigs I have had. saying that try playing with
the Pitch of your CW signal this will move the passband of the reciever
up and down while keeping the desired signal within the bandpass. you
might just find that sweetspot where the CW tone is good to your ear. I
have mine around 640hz this works for me and by narrowing the
bandwidths sounds good to me and will eliminate not just nearby signals
but seems to reduce the noise as it cuts out the noise that is not on
the desired signals frequency especially with very weak signals. If
you are not used to using narrow filters it may just take some time to
get used to it. once you do however you will find the oposite and that
narrower sounds better than wide even in quiet band conditions. I
don't generally go below bandwidth of 240 - 400 in busy conditions like
a contest and 1kc in not so busy. when I am calling a station in a
big pileup and trying separate him from all the others calling I will go
right down to as low as 100 hz even 50hz the K3 will go that narrow
without too much ringing something I have not been able to do with
other radios.
David Moes
President: Peterborough Amateur Radio Club.
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VE3DVY, VE3SD
On 10/31/2014 02:02, K6ST Barry Bettman wrote:
> Question about k3 cw settings. When I narrow the bandwidth down and
> narrower filters kick in, I find the audio to be squeezed and difficult to
> hear cw signals, where as wider bandwidth makes it easier to hear but too
> many signals in the band pass, especially duringn contests like the
> upcoming sweepstakes. Are there specific settings that you might suggest
> for better clarity on the k3 either on the k3 itself or via the utility?
> Thanks, Barry k6st
>
>
>
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