Elecraft K3 Receiver Performance Test

[W1VD]

Receiver: Elecraft K3

Preamp off:

Band	MDS	Blocking DR	Two-tone DR
		(20 kHz)	(20 kHz)
80 meters	-129 dBm	141 dB	103 dB
40 meters	-128 dBm	140 dB	106 dB
20 meters	-129 dBm	140 dB	103 dB

Preamp on:

Band	MDS	Blocking DR	Two-tone DR
		(20 kHz)	(20 kHz)
80 meters	-138 dBm	137 dB	101 dB
40 meters	-137 dBm	137 dB	103 dB
20 meters	-138 dBm	138 dB	102 dB

AM audio S/N: 48 dB

Additional measurements of AM audio frequency response and distortion can be found at:

http://www.w1vd.com/ElecraftK3.html

[WA1GFZ]

I think those agree with Sherwood's numbers. Maybe you could consider looking at phase noise.

[Tom WA3KLR]

Jay,

Fantasic DR numbers!