On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 08:56 -0500, george wrote:
> So far after a month of comparing the K3 with my Orion2 I have found nothing
> that stands out between the two except for the following:
> My K3 had everything except the second receiver. I thought $600.00 plus
> filters was a tad overboard for me at this time.
>
> 1. Noise blanker is better on the K3 due to it's versatility. The O2 is
> fixed at a value that sometimes annoys me on 160 CW in contests in that it
> imparts QRM because of near by strong signals. Maybe TT can add a variable
> noise blanker menu item? The K3 has 3 different pulse width settings with 7
> different aggressive settings of the 3, Narrow, Medium, and Wide settings
> each.
>
<SNIP>
Noise blankers have been doing that since the first one made by Lamb
using vacuum tubes. Chopping holes in strong signals does lead to
splatter.
73, Jerry, K0CQ
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