Elecrafters, i had a strange noise on 80m ssb last night and the night before. When tuning up the band, the noise set in at exactly 3.686.000 like someone had flipped a switch. It went away at -say- 3.692.xxx, i can't remember exactly. When tuning in the opposite direction, it set in 1 or 2 khz below the frequency where it stopped when tuning upwards, and went away when tuning below 3.686.000, again like with the flip of a switch. I could repeat that several times. It sounded like a totally overloaded frontend. Like the bandfilter was bypassed. Like the whole 80m-band was received in that small portion of the band. I heard cw, ssb, harsh noise, all over this small frequency range, even on a single frequency, no matter where i tuned. It imediatelly went away when i switched ON the sub-rx, and IT STAYED AWAY when i switched the sub-rx OFF again. All back to normal, with some stations ragchewing in that portion of the band. This is the best i can describe it with my limited knowledge of the english language. I could not get the K3 to do it again. It seems like the K3 was stuck in a weird condition. Firmware is latest, but it also happened with the earlier firmware.
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