Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Poor Audio Reports

2010-02-28 Thread Don Wilhelm
David, Since there is nothing band or frequency dependent directly associated with the generation of SSB and the audio in a K2, my first suspect is that you have an RF Feedback situation on 160 meters. Does it do the same thing when connected to a dummy load? If it is still the same, the feedb

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Poor Audio Reports

2010-02-27 Thread Steve Ellington
Logic tells me to first hook the K2 to a dummy load and listen to yourself in another receiver. That should tell you a lot. Steve N4LQ - Original Message - From: "David Heinsohn" To: "Elecraft_List" Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 11:09 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K2

[Elecraft] K2 - Poor Audio Reports

2010-02-27 Thread David Heinsohn
On 160 mtrs, SSB as I move up the band I begin to get poor audio reports at about 1.900mhz. The tuner is showing less than a 2:1 swr at that point and I retune often as I move up. The antenna is a dipole centered on 1.825mhz. Other than adding a shorter element to the dipole, any ideas what