Hi Geoff Well, I left out perhaps the most important info in that I don't have the problem on the same antenna with either the K2 or K3. I have mentioned the knock that the KX-1 received. I have subsequently found that the knock has broken the soldered joints holding both earth pins of the bnc socket- looking at them I'm pretty sure they were dry joints anyway. Having resoldered them, most of the BC qrm has gone, but not all. I have the same effect both here in the UK and in Portugal and France, so it's not a nearby fence in this case :-))
I'm sure that I did not experience the problem when I first had the radio and I am wondering if there are further joints which have been disturbed- my son caught the coax with his legs as he walked past my tent and the radio flew off the table really very quickly! I was pleased to find that it still worked. 73 Stephen G4SJP On 25/08/2008 19:21, "Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My thought is that the problem was caused by one or more of the natural > spurious responses of the KX-1's receiver, not by some harmonic or spur > generated by the BC transmitters themselves. BC transmitter harmonics might > also be generated and heard if you had a "rusty bolt" problem caused by say > a nearby fence, and the BC signals were strong enough. > > 73, > Geoff > GM4ESD > > > Stephen Prior wrote on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 2:07 PM > >> As I have mentioned before, I really enjoyed using the KX-1 on holiday in >> Europe this year but found that there were several broadcast stations >> appearing across 20m from about 14.20MHz upwards. I was using a roughly >> 5/8 >> wave vertical antenna with counterpoise and the internal ATU. >> >> Is this normal operation, or should I delve into the manual for alignment >> procedures? I am at a disadvantage in that I did not build the unit. The >> radio suffered a pretty bad knock whilst camping and I am wondering if >> something is adrift. > > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
