Joe - Many thanks for sharing your experience. That is the kind of information we all either did, do or will need at some point in this great hobby.
A few years ago I started going through all the cables in my shack, and ended up replacing a number of them that I thought might have been good enough for some stuff, but not as good as I wanted for the important stuff. It was frustrating to find a poorly made cable for which I paid good money. It was a different feeling to find a poorly made cable for which I had to take full blame. I don't know if it was one that I made before I knew how to get it "right", or if I was in a hurry, but I know now that we can learn from such experiences. Very 73 de Dave - K9FN On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Joe W2KJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Howdy Gang: > > I find my KX3 to be my "go to" QRP rig these days....my K3 is getting > dusty (grin). > > I was on 15M CW the other day and noticed birdies every 1Khz across the > band. > > I didn't think this was right so I dug deeper. > > After eliminating the antenna coax switch and connecting the antenna > directly to my KX3 lo and behold...no birdies. > > Hmmm....what's going on here. > > I replaced the coax jumper cable (RG58) from my KX3 to my coax antenna > switch with a new one and the birdies disappeared!! > > I checked the cable (PL259's on each end) and found that the braid was not > soldered....evidently the only thing making connection from the braid to > the reducer was a friction fit. > > The copper braid looked kinda sparse so I replaced with a know new good > jumper cable and the problem was solved. > > Now I'm gonna check all the coax jumper cables I have in the shack and > make sure they all have properly installed coax connectors on them. > > Lesson learned....now back to 15M!! > > 73, Joe W2KJ > I QRP, therefore I am > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
