Second Receiver Discussion

Elecraftians..... (sounds like a Indian Tribe from the Dakotas or from an alien planet)

Would someone like to expound the virtues and advantages of adding the second receiver to the K3?  I want to know what I could gain from have a second receiver in the K3.

Lee - K0WA



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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:32:55 -0700 (PDT), Lee Buller <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>Elecraftians..... (sounds like a Indian Tribe from the Dakotas or from an alien planet)
>
>Would someone like to expound the virtues and advantages of adding the second receiver to the K3?  I want to know what I could gain from have a second receiver in the K3.
>
>Lee - K0WA
>
Lee,

Most hams will say that it is an aid to working DX, because when the DX station
is QSX on a frequency other than his TX frequency you can use the sub RX to find
the frequency he is QSX on by finding the STNs he answering, and that is true,
but I like them for another reason.  

Every time I get in a round table QSO on CW or SSB, nobody is on the same
frequency.  Being able to QSX on your TX frequency when working split lets you
tune the net control in so that you will be TX on his freq and use the other RX
to copy the other guys who can't seem to zero beat the NCS frequency.  This
keeps your TX on the correct frequency while allowing you to move the main RX
around.  You can do that with the A and B VFOs also, but it is a bit more
difficult.

I guess when it comes down to it it depends on how much you want to spend for
convenience.

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[KK7P]

> Would someone like to expound the virtues and advantages of adding the second receiver to the K3?  I want to know what I could gain from have a second receiver in the K3.

One reason I really wanted the second Rx in the K3 is from experience
long ago in a town far, far away.

QRM WARS

I used to have a regular sked on 20 meter SSB with a friend in New
Zealand.  He was running low power to a simple dipole and his signal was
often as weak as mine.

Once we had our QSO going, someone would invariably stomp on his signal,
tuning up and calling CQ, and then getting abusive if told that there
was QSO in progress.

(I know this never happens in the polite society of the 21st century,
but it did in the early 1980s.)

I then acquired a used Signal/One CX-7A.  It had dual receive.

After that, once our QSO started, I'd tune around with the second
receiver to locate a clear spot.  When we got QRM'ed, I'd tell him the
new frequency, and instantly QSY to it and call him.  Once we were
chatting on that frequency, I'd tune around with the second receiver
looking for a clear spot...

73,

Lyle KK7P



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[PD2R]

It is also very convenient during contesting. When running on a given
freq and the QSO rate is going down, you can use the sub RX to work
multipliers. It enables you to listen to your "run" freq and to the
multiplier, work the multiplier quickly and immediately return to you
run freq. That way you are able to keep your run freq.

73, Maarten van Rossum
PD2R

2008/6/20, Lyle Johnson <[hidden email]>:
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> > Would someone like to expound the virtues and advantages of adding the second receiver to the K3?  I want to know what I could gain from have a second receiver in the K3.
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[David Cutter]

I'm hoping to do some experimentation with diversity reception to
significantly improve weak signal reception and reduce QSB.  Something I
know very little about and want to learn from those who have done it with
other more elaborate systems: I hear the K3 offers most, if not all of what
is needed in one package.

David
G3UNA


>> Would someone like to expound the virtues and advantages of adding the
>> second receiver to the K3?  I want to know what I could gain from have a
>> second receiver in the K3.
>
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