On Wed, 5 May 2010 16:27:16 -0700 (PDT), callen1155 wrote: >Is this 'clicking' normal and is there a solution to eliminate it?
Chuck, Clicks can be caused by the transmitter, but they can also be produced in your receiver if it is being overloaded. Several suggestions. First, make sure your Noise Blanker isn't turned on. Noise Blankers can CAUSE key clicks. Second, if you still hear clicks, leave your noise blanker off, and work on finding and eliminating the overload condition. Turn off your preamp, and see if the clicks go away. Sometimes a preamp can overload and cause the clicks in your radio (or overload the radio itself). If you still hear clicks, leave the preamp off and turn on the ATTEN in the K3. And if you STILL hear clicks, remove the antenna and stick a short piece of wire in the K3 antenna input. If none of that makes the clicks go away (and his signal is still strong), let him know he's causing bad clicks and making 6M unusable at your QTH. Both the FCC Rules and the spirit of ham radio require that he get rid of HIS clicks, even if that means turning off his transmitter. He is NOT responsible if your rig is creating the clicks because it's overloaded. But again, in the spirit of ham radio, he should do something with his beacon to make life on 6M viable for you. 73, Jim Brown K9YC ______________________________________________________________ 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
