Thanks to all who replied - brain fart here. I dialed the offset into the 400 Hz filter instead of the 2.8...
All is well now! John Harper AE5X ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Howard" <[email protected]> To: "John Harper" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Question on filters/ possible problem > Are you sure you've got the 400Hz filter in the slot that you told the > radio you put it into? If you've only double checked check two more > times! ;) > > ~Brett > > On Mon, 2010-03-08 at 20:10 -0600, John Harper wrote: >> I just finished my K3, at least to the point of doing the pre 100W PA >> alignments: Synth cal, filter set-up, ref osc & tx gain cals are all >> done. >> >> I did the filter set-up via the K3 menu, then verified with the K3 >> utility program. I have the standard 2.8 kHz and the 8-pole 400 Hz >> filters. >> >> The problem I have is when adjusting the bandwidth to the point where the >> 400 Hz filter comes in - as soon as that happens, the receiver seems to >> go dead. Whoever I was listening to disappears and background noise goes >> waaay down...almost silent. I've dialed in both 1 and 8 dB gain for the >> 400 Hz filter but niether has any effect. >> >> Any suggestions? Thanks, >> >> John Harper AE5X >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2731 - Release Date: 03/08/10 19:33:00 ______________________________________________________________ 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
