Hoo boy! I know about this one. I actually sent my rig back to Elecraft for repair when it was happening to me. Imagine my chagrin when my backup rig started behaving the same way.
73 -- Joe KB8AP On Mar 27, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Vic K2VCO wrote: > On 3/27/2010 9:02 AM, Ron W3ZV wrote: >> I am playing in the contest today. I have had two instances where my >> receiver gain has gone down dramatically. ... Engaging PTT brings it >> back. > Often this kind of problem is caused by an intermittent poor > connection somewhere in the > antenna system, ... As soon as you hit it with a bit of RF, it > cleans up and works for a while. But in receive, the voltage is so > low that it stays in high-resistance mode. > ... > Vic, K2VCO ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html