My findings are be sure to run as high voltage to K3 as possible. Per the manual 15V is the stipulated maximum, run K3 at 14.9V and make sure you have no voltage drop in the cable between K3 and PS. This will give you the best TX performance in respect to IMD.
/ Jim SM2EKM -------------- Steve Ellington wrote: > Ive seen this several times on other rigs, not the K3. In a couple of > instances it turned out to be low DC supply voltage. Be sure it's 13.8V. > Good luck. 73 > Steve Ellington > n...@carolina.rr.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" <doug...@gmail.com> > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 4:58 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3: cw xmiting 2 signals 600hz apart: HELP > > >> Hi everybody... >> >> I local K3 owner received this memo and forwarded it to me this >> morning for my opinion: >> >> <When you were working HA5JI, you had a side band about s6 up about >> 600 Hz. I did not check the down side. Your main signal was s9+20.> >> >> I was at work so I said I would listen when I got home (we live about >> 3 miles apart). >> >> On 160m (where he got the notice), his signal sounded fine barefoot, >> but with the amp on, I could hear it also. So I asked him to qsy to >> 40m where he is about 25db over 9 on my K3. And as I tuned off of >> him, I could hear the "second signal" as described above. The 2nd >> signal tunes in the same direction as the real signal (it is not blow >> by). >> >> Any comments or even better, any suggestions for him? >> >> Thanks, >> Doug KR2Q ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
