Obvious questions .... Do the birdies (mostly) go away when the antenna is disconnected? Could they be coming from in-house sources?
Are they there when the receiver is operated (on a battery) away from potential sources? 73! K0PP On Mar 8, 2017 18:38, "GRANT YOUNGMAN" <[email protected]> wrote: > I LOVE my K3 … It’s the best radio I’ve owned (and I’ve owned > many/most/all of the very best)., except on AM where my old Orion/Orion II > (the ones I sold to buy the K3) were much better … but that’s a different > issue. (And E’craft won’t “formally" deal with it). Everything else > about the K3 is FAR superior. > > After, I don’t know 8-9 years of ownership .. ALL (and I do mean ALL) > hardware/software updates have been applied, including the new K3S boards > that have been made available. So it’s as up to date as possible. > Still — the age old issue of “birdies” has been an elusive problem to > solve. > > Just for the record .. I have 2x KYSYN3A’s installed, a subreciever, and > the other usual updated stuff. I’ve fiddled for hours with the birdie > removal routines in firmware. And yet — they’re everywhere. Most are low > enough in signal strength to ignore — but there are many LOUD ones here and > there on 80/4020/and elsewhere that are just “there”. Nothing really > helps. I just spent an evening fiddling with cable placement AGAIN, to no > avail. > > I’ve followed carefully all of the cable routing instructions provided by > Elecraft. To no real effect. > > So my question is — has anyone found a SOLUTION?? I’m considering sending > my radio to CA, but I'm concerned that after spending the $$$ to do that I > won’t be any better off. > > To be clear — this isn’t a deal killer by any stretch … just looking for > input. > > Grant NQ5T > K3 #2091, KX3 #8342 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
