[TenTec] O2 vs K3

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

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