One solution that I think is a worthy idea is to remove the speaker from the K3 permanently. This should allow more room inside the K3 for future little add-on things that Wayne and Eric might come up with.
Then, a small external speaker in a nice matching enclosure could be sold as a "kit" separately. Not all of us would need it. I have a nice external speaker now that I would use on my forthcoming K3. I mean, who uses the built in speaker anyway. If you are operating portable then very likely (since you might be outdoors at a campsite for example) you would use headphones anyway. phil, K7PEH On Dec 22, 2009, at 8:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I became aware of the problem last summer while in Maine. I was on 6-Meter > CW and K1DG/N1LI gave me a quick call and asked me to QSY to fone. So I did > and he asked me what rig I was using; I told him the K3. > Then he told me I had sidebands. It took us a while to find the cause: I > was operating in "casual" mode and using the K3's internal speaker. What we > found out was that the problem disappeared when I turned the monitor volume > down to nothing! ...but it's hard for me to send CW that way, especially > with a paddle and the internal keyer... Then I found out that the problem > went away if I used my headphones...so that was the workaround. > > I called Elecraft support on it and they verified that the problem exists > and that they're working on it. What was news to me (I should have read the > manual!!!) was that the CW is generated on the DSP board and that the > speaker accoustically couples to the board. This is supposed to be minimized > by > the mounting washers on the speaker, so I disassembled the speaker on the > top cover and reassembled it, being diligent to insure the washers were > properly located, etc. per the assembly instructions. > > For good measure/insurance, I've used external speakers or headphones ever > since. > > But, you know, there are situations where operators would probably use the > K3's internal speaker, such as demonstrating the rig to visiting hams or at > Field Day, or some such thing. That might not be good publicity if a > returning station or two came back and said "Shut it off...you're polluting > the > band!", and they were right! > > Like Wayne said, they're working on it. > > Bert, N4CW > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
