Thanks Don, Using yours and others suggestions I determined it was the transmitter. Ray W8LYJ
Sent from my iPad > On Jan 29, 2016, at 09:36, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ray, > > It could be that the beacon is actually generating those keyclicks. > Try turning off the preamp in the K3S and or turn your beam so the side is > toward the beacon. > Are the keyclicks eliminated? If so, it may be too strong a signal into the > K3S, but if they continue, they are likely being generated by the beacon. > > Remember that the K3S has input protection. In the form of a Carrier > Operated Relay and has a mechanism to turn off the preamp if the signal is > too strong. > If you tune to the beacon frequency, turn on the preamp and point your beam > at the beacon do you hear the COR relay clicking in the K3S or is the preamp > turned off automatically? If so, that is too much signal into the K3S. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 1/29/2016 9:21 AM, Gmail wrote: >> I have a 6 meter beacon, 50.63 MHz, about three miles from my house. I can >> hear what sounds like key clicks up to 60.250 MHz. Could this be front end >> overload? I have a K3s with a three element beam abut 20 feet. > ______________________________________________________________ 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]
