Re: [Elecraft] K3 hum problem - not the usual? [Try CONFIG:AFSK TX = FIL ON]

2009-09-29 Thread Brian Machesney
Wayne, Thanks for that suggestion - it worked!! One starts to wonder if there is any thing that this radio can't do! 73 -- Brian -- K1LI On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: The K3 has a CONFIG menu entry called AFSK TX. If you set it to FIL ON, a 400-Hz

[Elecraft] K3 hum problem - not the usual?

2009-09-28 Thread Brian Machesney
After enjoying my K3 for about nine months, I was recently alerted to audible 60-Hz hum on my transmitted audio signal. After reading the many hum related posts on the reflector, I began investigating. Step 1 was to remove all connections to the rig except the DC power and the coax to the external

Re: [Elecraft] K3 hum problem - not the usual?

2009-09-28 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:29:54 -0400, Brian Machesney wrote: The problem only occurs in an SSB mode when the nearby PA is both on and enabled (i.e., not on standby) and when the K3 is both within about 8-in of the PA and parallel or at right angles to it; rotating the rig about 15 degrees around

Re: [Elecraft] K3 hum problem - not the usual?

2009-09-28 Thread Joe Planisky
Would wrapping some of this Ultraperm 80 shielding around the K3's audio transformers be a solution? (http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=G16600A) 73 -- Joe KB8AP On Sep 28, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:29:54 -0400, Brian Machesney wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 hum problem - not the usual?

2009-09-28 Thread Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. WA5ZNU
Jim K9YC wrote: Magnetic field coupling from the power supply to the K3's input circuitry, probably due to the use of unshielded audio transformers in the K3. This is a well known problem. One good band-aid is to go to the TXEQ1 settings and fully cut the three lowest octave bands. ... One

Re: [Elecraft] K3 hum problem - not the usual? [Try CONFIG:AFSK TX = FIL ON]

2009-09-28 Thread Wayne Burdick
The K3 has a CONFIG menu entry called AFSK TX. If you set it to FIL ON, a 400-Hz transmit-mode audio filter is inserted, centered around the mark/space tones. This is only available when the rig is set for AFSK A mode. It should be effective against low-frequency hum coming in through the