Cdx are punk here in the Northwest today. Very few signals below 21 MHz. If one of the little Elecraft sig gens is too pricy ($90 to $180), think about assembling a little noise generator. I have one made out of a handful of parts with the most expensive piece being the 9V battery. The late Tom Hammond, N0SS, still has it on his web site:
http://www.mmccs.com/mmarc/n0ss/noise_generator_ac7ac-style.pdf There are a couple of other versions on the same page. Once you note how your S-meter reacts to it on each band when the rig is obviously working well you can use it to see if your rig has gone deaf later. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of ae...@carolinaheli.com Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:44 PM To: 'Cliff Frescura'; ae...@carolinaheli.com; 'ELECRAFT' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S Radio check? 2.5 nothing band noise 5 nothing just band noise 10 signal S6.5 with lots of band noise but readable 15 S6.5~S7 readable and clear with band noise 20 S8.5 very strong with almost no noise 25 S9 solid tone of some kind, no other signal or sound evident. I don't have the all band receive module if that matters.. I'm thinking everything is working and I just need better antennas.. ? Thanks in advance. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
