[Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

Well, My K3 arrived promptly, constructed it in 6 hrs last night, easy peasy.. However I was last active two sunspot maxima ago, (1983 ish) and found it easy to receive on all bands with just a 30 foot length of wire slung out my rooms window. I know its now just passed a solar minima but

Re: [Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

Go back and be double plus certain you put the filter in the right slot and that you have enabled it in the menu. Buck k4ia K3 # 101 On 6/12/2011 9:34 AM, Iain Haywood wrote: Well, My K3 arrived promptly, constructed it in 6 hrs last night, easy peasy.. However I was last active two

Re: [Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

Hi y'all. No,. I checked the filter and calibration, all good. Not even getting any commercial stations, so sigs at all on any band even on 30foot of wire. Need a signal generator to test this I think. PLL2 has a star on it on the config screen with tech mode on, if that's important. Also

Re: [Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

Unfortunately you chose the wrong day to test out your new rig. HF conditions are diabolical at the moment, with a low solar flux and K index of 3-4 due to geomagnetic storming. Very little here on any band other than 40m at the moment, and not much activity there either. Probably your rig is

Re: [Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

Thanks for that, I'm sure your right. It all works fine it seems, just no activity on my bit of wire. I am in a bit of a hollow here also, doesn't help. I shall concentrate on a decent antenna and keep fingers crossed. As I say, never yet experienced a solar minimum when active so unsure am to

Re: [Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

On 6/12/2011 6:34 AM, Iain Haywood wrote: However I was last active two sunspot maxima ago, (1983 ish) and found it easy to receive on all bands with just a 30 foot length of wire slung out my rooms window. I have a 20' mast in the corner of our deck that is our flag pole. I ran a wire

Re: [Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

PHEW.. All the bands suddenly opened up and QRN reduced. Now picking up plenty.. I suspect the hippy next door's indoor digital ballst grow lights..! Had me worried, bad timing.. -- *Iain Haywood* g4SGX __ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] New rig, so sigs

H ... maybe you could work out a deal with him -- you don't complain and he shuts them off when you want to operate ... or possibly something else? :-) Glad it's working for you. FWIW, I calibrated my S-meter with my service monitor to S9=50uv. Very few signals make it over S9 [KF6T at