Re: [Elecraft] K3 problems during Field Day

2012-06-25 Thread wa9fvp
I ran the same test using my Icom IC-7000 as the CW transmitter on 7.065. No birdies were heard on 14.060. In both test I was able to copy the 2nd harmonic with an S9 at 10 watts out but there were no birdies across the lower "Charlie Whisky" portion using the Icom 7K. There was an increase in t

Re: [Elecraft] K3 problems during Field Day

2012-06-25 Thread Jim Brown
I was the primary op at K6MI and worked N2BJ several times. Mostly the signal was clean, but on one band it was fairly nasty, symptoms sounded like RF getting into something, think it was Saturday afternoon my time. Don't remember which band. BTW -- K6MI was QRP, CW only, with solar power and

Re: [Elecraft] K3 problems during Field Day (My Mistake)

2012-06-25 Thread wa9fvp
That was a mistake! I have 50db of attenuation and the spectrum analyzer is receiving 0dbm but the reference level was set wrong and I overloaded the spectrum analyzer. In this screen shot the 2nd harmonic is about 30db down but I think it should be greater than 45db down from the 1st harmonic.

[Elecraft] K3 problems during Field Day

2012-06-25 Thread wa9fvp
http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/file/n7558120/K3_TX_Birdies.bmp http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/file/n7558120/K3_TX_Birdies.bmp I'm not sure what software N2BJ was using but there was a complaint that the PC software was doing something to the paddle. The contest software sends a cann

[Elecraft] K3 problems during Field Day

2012-06-25 Thread wa9fvp
I'm not sure what software N2BJ was using but there was a complaint that the PC software was doing something to the paddle. The contest software sends a canned CW message thats stored as text and keys the K3 via the straight key input. The CW operator uses the paddle to send other text. I'm not s