It's a long shot and may be completely irrelevant but what's your AGC threshold (MENU: AGC*THR)? Default is now 005 (was 007 in the past), but wonder if you've tried varying it.
Regarding receiver performance - again, maybe a stretch here - but when I first got my KX3, I found myself in disbelief at the fact that a signal was so weak, until I realized I was listening to it on the wrong side of zero beat. For whatever reason, it was just copyable, and instead of tuning farther out, I tried to narrow down on that image until I gave up and tuned away, and found the real signal. I don't imagine that's your problem but thought I'd mention it. I assume the differences you're hearing between KX3 and K3 aren't quite as drastic. 73, --Andrew, NV1B maineware.net .. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Phil Hystad <[email protected]> wrote: > To all you KX3 experts out there, I am sure I have something wrong with > the KX3 since it just has to be better than the experience I have had so > far. I am hoping that someone can point out some flaw or thing I can check > or correct. > > Problem Number One: I have audio key clicks when sending (using paddle > and keyer). These clicks show up in headphones and on speaker. Using a > separate receiver for copy, I detect no key clicks in the actual > transmitted signal. Any clues? > > So far I have experimented with AF level, RF level, and Filter Width. I > can get the clicks to disappear with the filter down to 100 Hz but I am not > sure if this indicates anything. > > > Problem Number Two: Receive performance is not what I would expect. > There are many signals I can hear and receive on my K3 that I cannot hear > on the KX3 using the very same antenna. If the signal is strong, I can > hear it on the KX3 but it has to be pretty strong like S9 on the K3. > Although, while playing with this today I did hear D44AC on 20-meters on > the KX3 and immediately switched to the K3 and turned the KPA500 on to > break up the pile up -- my first Cape Verde QSO. > > So, any ideas would be appreciated to either or both problems. > > 73, phil, K7PEH > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
