Hi Joe, The mod in my case removed an S2-S3 tuning hash from 60m completely. I can't hear anything while spinning the VFO now, even with no antenna connected.
73 de James K2QI On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Joe Planisky <[email protected]> wrote: > I have the VFO encoder noise on the low end of 10M. Yesterday, I > applied the VFO tuning noise reduction mod and switched to SPI 2 in > CONFIG:VCO MD. That seems to have reduced the tuning noise a little, > but not as much as I'd expected (or hoped). The noise was a solid S3 > before the mod, but now shows up as bobbling between S2 and S3, so > call it a 1/2 S-unit improvement. > > I've triple checked the component locations and they're definitely > soldered to the correct vias as shown in the instructions (Rev C). > The diodes are oriented in the proper direction as shown. I've > checked the values of the resistors and forward/reverse direction on > the diodes and all is as it should be. > > To others that have the noise and have applied the mod, is this in > line with your results? > > 73 > -- > Joe KB8AP > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- 73 de James K2QI ______________________________________________________________ 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
