I've had absolutely no issues with my P3 and a 2m ssb transceiver just inches from it. This will doubtless be the exception rather than the rule. There must be something not quite right somewhere.
73 Stephen G4SJP On 11 February 2013 07:37, Tim Hague <m0...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I'd be interested to see the EMC Test Report on the P3, required for > selling into the EU and I think Australia, the P3 should not radiate > emissions at this level and pass EN55022 or similar standards. Perhaps > Elecraft could comment please?. I was thinking of picking up a P3 at Dayton > but may hang fire... > > As hams we have no right to complain about PLT, Plasma TV etc if we don't > keep our own house in order. > > Best regards, Tim Hague, MIET, MIEEE, > Skype m0afj.Tim > Sent on my iPad > > > On 10 Feb 2013, at 23:44, "Roger Crofts" <ro...@monitorsensors.com> wrote: > > > I recently installed the K144XV 2meter converter in my K3. I could work > strong stations on 2m with no problem, but weak stations were swamped by > noise which was S9 over the entire band. My P3 was showing that the noise > consisted of carriers every 19KHz with lots of buzzy noise in-between. I > soon found the source of the noise. It was the P3 ! When I turned the P3 > power off, the noise completely disappeared. With the P3 on and the antenna > replaced with a dummy load, the noise also all but disappeared. When I > removed the RS232 cable and the IF cable from the P3, leaving only the > power cable, the noise persisted at the same strength. So it appears that > the P3 box is radiating this noise directly into my antenna. My antenna is > a 2meter ground plane on the roof of my shack. It is about 8 feet from the > P3. Obviously a solution would be to move my 2 meter antenna well away from > the shack. I was not able to find any mention of this problem in the > archives. Is there something wrong > wi > > th my particular P3 or do they all do this? > > > > Roger Crofts, VK4YB > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
