I owned a well filtered Elecraft K3 and a TS-590S Kenwood together. I found that for city noise the 590S had a more effective DSP noise blanker (the NB2), slightly better DSP noise reduction, and equ
I'll add another comment regarding BCB interference. Common mode filtering on the antenna feed, cabling, and an excellent station ground is critical to its reduction regardless of rig. Having lived f
To map a variety of compass directions to find a possibly common location try this: http://googlecompass.com It starts in Barcelona, Spain, but the map can be moved to the USA easily by backing out o
Finished rebuilding my windstorm destroyed Inv-L Sat eve around 6pm in the dark headlamp on. Twenty above and warm. Snow and four downed trees so had to crawl around to hang new cords and elevated wi
I may be overreaching here butin learning some of the new features of my K3/P3 with SVGA card and remote terminal I came across the screen snap or hold feature. If that image can be exported to the U
Id run a test wire under the house and connect it to the rig. Listen for noise. Then connect to house ground and see if noisy. Compare that with each existing elevated radial for QRN. Here in Fairban
I've built them for 40 and 80 via his modeling years ago. Fed both up high, and both down low. High feed 'seemed better', but no real way to tell. Worked a RU station on 80 from KL7 so they do emit a
Found paper logs from July 1997it was VP8CTR on 3796 SSB at our SR, and a Ukranian base not RU. Still, Cebik's L worked. 73, Gary NL7Y _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contes
Heres a recent link from Ed KL7UW regarding his experience with Adaptive Polarity Reception: http://www.kl7uw.com/LINRAD.htm We were discussing the K3 and dual receiver diversity mode, and I had aske
I keep a Honda EU 2000i genset (http://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/models/eu2000i) in the house for emergencies. We (Fairbanks, Ak.) had a wind and ice storm in Novemberlost my 160 wires for
I believe OH8X had one or more hammers mounted to their 160 Yagi to help remove the ice buildup. Sadly their extraordinary effort recently fell victim to winds and reportedly torque: http://dx-world.
Still poor in central KL7. Maybe later. Auroras heating up, so maybe never: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html GL es 73, Gary NL7Y _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.cont
And heres whyhttp://www.alaskadispatch.com/video/video-northern-lights-dance-above-fairbanks-alaska Was S&P from 0700-1000. Lots of Sing, no Ping while listening to my TS-590 in scan mode. Maybe toni
Where is the TS-590 ALC fix described Mike? I have one and will have it done if its available. I also had a TS-990the receiver performance (both primary and secondary) were no better over a months tr
TU Mike for the info. Ill call them tomorrow. BTW, the 2nd receiver in my TS-990 was consistently better at extracting very weak CW on 40-160 (mainly steady eastern RU beacons on 40, EU CW on 80-160)
On my 990 the 2nd receiver was consistently night after night better able to detect a weak CW sig on 40-160. Same settings on both receivers: different settings, AGC, no AGC, ATT, RF gain varied, it
Paying for? Weight, eye candy, and interface? Oh, and a better behaved ALC. However, as I noted I didnt fuss with much over 20M and SSB, so maybe thats where the 990 excels. They are very nice to obs
In my earlier comments I avoided direct comparisons between the TS-590S and K3. In my experience anyone maligning or questioning a K3/P3 is eventually in for a few bee stings, as that topic brings ou