Pete I confirm it's normal and common with most rigs. But if you don't like the background noise on FM you can use the "squelch" control to cut it out. Careful setting of the squelch will ensure no background noise but as soon as a weak station is received it will "break the squelch" and you will hear it.
John G4ZTR -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 25 November 2011 08:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] RX audio distorted on FM Yes, that is normal. When you switch to FM you are listening to a much wider portion of the band you are on. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member 35102 On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:50:37 -0800, Pete-Astound <[email protected]> wrote: >One question I still have though is that with an antenna >hooked up and listening on either 10 or 6 meters when the >band is quiet (night time with the pre-amp and attenuator >off), does the background static get at least twice as loud >if not more when you go from any of the modes to FM? [snip] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6657 (20111124) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6657 (20111124) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
