[Elecraft] K2 cellphone interference

2008-06-08 Thread Brian Lloyd
Our K2 appears inordinately sensitive to radiation from my GSM phone. It occurs with the audio gain turned all the way down so it appears that this problem might be with the audio amp stage. Have others experienced this and, if so, has anyone come up with a fix? -- Brian Lloyd

Re: [Elecraft] K2 cellphone interference

2008-06-08 Thread Stephen Prior
Yes, same thing here. It doesn't do it with the K3 at all however. I'm sure it's breakthrough directly into the audio stages. It's never bothered me too much as most of the time my cellphone is in the car or in a jacket pocket somewhere. Some judicious decoupling somewhere would no doubt help.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 cellphone interference

2008-06-08 Thread Don Wilhelm
Brian, I have heard another report of this noise, but no analysis of the effect. Yes, the fact that the level does not depend on your audio gain setting indicates that it is confined to the AF Amplifier. Note that the K2 uses the LM380N BYPASS pin (8) for sidetone input. Normally, the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 cellphone interference

2008-06-08 Thread Jim Brown
On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 05:00:16 -0700, Brian Lloyd wrote: Our K2 appears inordinately sensitive to radiation from my GSM phone. This is a VERY common problem in the audio world. Cell phones and Blackberrys have interrupted hearings on Capitol Hill when they got into the sound systems in hearing

Re: [Elecraft] K2 cellphone interference

2008-06-08 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Jun 8, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Jim Brown wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 05:00:16 -0700, Brian Lloyd wrote: Our K2 appears inordinately sensitive to radiation from my GSM phone. This is a VERY common problem in the audio world. I know. I used to make a living designing high-end audio preamps for