I need some advice. I had the K3 on this afternoon and tuned to the low end
of 20M (about 14.001x). I had been going into and out of the shack with the
radio in receive mode. I went into the shack and heard a continuous string
of dots. I tried to tune the signal, only to realize that it was my
Obvious suggestion, but did you check antenna port assignment on 20M? Could
you have inadvertently changed it from ANT1 to ANT2 or something on that order?
Grant/NQ5T
On Sep 18, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Phil and Christina wrote:
The problem now is that on 20M, keying the radio gives a HI SWR
, but I guess I had
the spacing too close for the paddle's tolerances (it was cool in the
shack).
73,
Phil, NS7P
-Original Message-
From: Tom Hammond [mailto:n...@embarqmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 3:57 PM
To: Phil and Christina
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Problem with my K3
Phil
A fairly common occurrence.
Those of us with cats or small children get in the habit of clicking off the
VOX any time we walk away from the radio. But it's not a bad idea for
everyone.
Kids are grown up now, still got the cat.
73 -- Carl WS7L
Assuming I don't get written up for transmitting
Cc: Phil and Christina
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Problem with my K3
Obvious suggestion, but did you check antenna port assignment on 20M? Could
you have inadvertently changed it from ANT1 to ANT2 or something on that
order?
Grant/NQ5T
On Sep 18, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Phil and Christina wrote
Once a cleaning lady pushed a book against a microphone switch on a two
meter rig, and it keyed up the 5 state Mt. Beacon, NY 146.97 repeater for
nearly 20 hours before it was located with direction finding gear. What was
amazing was that it didn't set the room on fire. The door to the shack was
Indeed, stuff happens. But it's a sobering reminder that Hams are
responsible for securing transmitters so they cannot be operated by an
unlicensed individual, much less put in transmit mode accidentally. For most
of us, having the shack inside our home eliminates unlicensed operators, but
the
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