Now that you mention it, I did notice the buzz went away when I turned on the preamp, but I thought it was just my imagination or that the static had just become sufficiently loud that my own hearing wasn't responding to it anymore.
Nick On 10 February 2014 03:02, Ralf Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I got my KX3, I connected it to a piece of wire lying on the floor > for initial testing and was having the same problem, but switching on the > ISO amp in the menu solved it for me as did the 8khz feature and turning on > the 10dB preamp. > > Normally the antenna is far away from the wiring and the re-emitted signal > is much weaker than the original signal, but if the only signal is the > local oscillator, this is possibly not true and the fraction re-emitted by > the wiring is stronger than the original local oscillator. > -- *N6OL* Saying something doesn't make it true. Belief in something doesn't make it real. And if you have to lie to support a position, that position is not worth supporting. ______________________________________________________________ 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
