Nope, not on mine. It also occurs when the antenna is completely disconnected.
I have spent hours troubleshooting this to determine the source of the problem and in my case it is clearly inside the radio. Jim W 6 A I M . -------- Original message -------- From: "zabarnick ." <[email protected]> Date: 11/30/2015 7:08 AM (GMT-08:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Crackling in Headphones Could this be the AF limiter kicking in on loud signals? Check the "AF LIM" menu setting. Steve N9SZ On 30 Nov 2015 14:02, [email protected] wrote: > There are times that I have noticed a crackling sound in my headphones > with my K3S. This is not the normal band noise static that has depth, this > crackle sound seems very close to my ears. I first noticed it with my > Heil headset and I tried wiggling the connection, changing the RX EQ > settings and turning on noise reduction but nothing had any effect. It > randomly comes and goes and I think I have also heard it on TX. I thought > perhaps it was related to the Heil brand headphones. Last night I plugged > in a new Sony professional headphone and the crackling sound was very > strong for a few minutes and then eventually went away. I have never > experience this with any other radio and I have no idea what is causing it > or how to make it go away. > > John KK9A ______________________________________________________________ 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]

