Rocky, check the tuning interval setting of the VFO on 40M. 73 - Ken, K0PP On Jul 26, 2014 6:59 AM, "rocky cookus" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Was on 40 meters trying but unable to zerobeat a CW carrier with my K3, and > noticed that the gradations in tone from this signal were not continuous > but were in intervals. QSY'd to 20 and the signals were OK, and when > coming back to 40, was able to spot tune a CW signal. > This is an intermittent issue and not a common one, but it does happen from > time to time. Any ideas would be appreciated. Perhaps there is some sort > of intermod mixing that creates this distortion. Anyone else notice this > problem? If I had to graph this problem, it would be with a step function. > > If it were a musical instrument producing these non-continuous tones, I > would say the instrument is unable to play chromatic scales. This issue > typically goes away quickly, but is puzzling. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
