Bob: "The Birdie"? What birdie are you speak of that we too might tune across it. I have this urge to listen to caddisflies.
Steve N4LQ [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Uncontrolled full volume with NR Firmware 3.27- Warning very loud!! > Now I can make this happen repeatedly, with the NR at 1-4 and the notch > filter on auto as I tune across the birdie the volume goes very loud, it > is louder than any noise I can get the radio to do normally with the AF > all the way up. > I have discovered that this only does this in the NR 1-1 to 1-4 range, > very repeatable. As you tune through the birdie the radio starts making > a noise like caddisflies (moderate high pitched fast oscillation) then > it becomes very loud white noise. I don't spend anytime playing with the > controls but I know the AF does nothing. > I copied this to Elecraft tech support. > MCU (uC) 03.27, main DSP (d1)2.24, aux DSP (d2, if KRX3 is present), > flash parameters (FL)01.02, and KDVR3 controller (dr )01.03. > This is very loud, be careful!! > Bob > KB1FRW > 73 > > Bob Allen wrote: >> An odd thing happened today, I was tuning through an area on 20m where I >> have a birdie, about 14.270-14.273. >> The noise reduction was on at 1-3 I think, I don't know what state the >> notch filter was at or the noise blanker, as I tuned into this area the >> audio was a bit odd, like screechy, I didn't think to much of that >> because of how the noise reduction works around birdies, but it was >> different than I had heard in the past. >> All of a sudden the volume in the headset and the internal speaker went >> to max and turning the volume control had no effect. >> I shutdown the radio to avoid damaging things and when I turned it back >> on everything was fine and I can't make it do this again. >> Very odd (and painful), wondering if this has happened to anyone else. >> Bob >> KB1FRW >> 73 >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
