[AMRadio] Bugged by CW?

[Brett Gazdzinski]

The Icom 756 pro series rigs seem very stable in power output, I had a few 
as exciter and band scopes the the power was stable, unlike the old 735 I 
used to have.

Nice to operate rig, but not a great AM receiver and the tx audio is kind of 
narrow.

Brett
N2DTS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Cunningham" <donc at martineer.net>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
<amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Bugged by CW?


> Rob and Bernie,
> For what it's worth (I guess I should say FWIW, but I'm too old for that), 
> I
> think that is a built in "feature" of the new rigs.  AM on my K3 was 
> really
> nice, and I got "great audio" reports on 10M AM, but power output would
> wander all over the place on 80 and 160M.  I emailed in to the only guy 
> that
> makes any sense at K3, and his response, "oh yeah, it's just that way on 
> 160
> and 80M, seems fine on the other bands."  Just kind of "matter of fact". 
> He
> said it had been turned in for the "powers that be" to work on the 
> firmware,
> but the way he said it made me doubt anything will ever be done, AM seems 
> an
> afterthought and has very LOW priority.   My K3 does a nice job on 10M 
> with
> it's 25W of carrier max, but that's not nearly enough here for 80 and 160.
> That's why I wanted to try it with the amp on 80 and 160, but its 
> "roaming"
> as much as 10 to 20 watts from start to finish in a QSO makes a BIG
> difference in output with the Alpha, hi.
>
> I should say that I am not a favorite at Elecraft, or the reflector, as I
> have the audacity to report problems I find with a new rig I buy from a
> manufacturer.  I also didn't feel like I should have to pay for "fixes" to
> correct engineering deficiencies in a new rig, but then that's another 
> story
> and not applicable here.  I say it only to say that I am NOT one of the
> "favorites" (I get into trouble calling them KoolAid drinkers, not sure 
> why)
> and someone more sane might be able to get something done!!
> 73,
> Don, WB5HAK
>
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