[Elecraft] Noisy band changing

[Bill Scovell]

Phil,
        Looks like we are the only ones to have observed this
operational aberration. In any event it's nice not to be alone!
Tks for your response or I would have felt lonely.

Bill Scovell / VK2SOE
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Wheeler <w7ox@earthlink.net>
To: Bill Scovell <bscovell@integritynet.com.au>
Cc: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Noisy band changing


> Bill Scovell wrote:
>
> > Hi Gang,
> > I'd like to share a problem I am experiencing with K2/1946 with
latest
> > firmware revision.
> > I'm getting a brief but disconcerting burst of noise when changing
> > bands 'downwards' from 24MHz to 21MHz and from 18MHz to 14MHz.
When
> > going from 24 to 21 the noise is like a burst of static, but from
18
> > to 14 the noise has a raw oscillatory character around 500Hz. In
both
> > cases the duration of the noise is less than half a second.
>
>
>
> I think the "burst of noise" was introduced in the latest firmware
..
> and relates to extending the life of the relays.  This from memory
of a
> message.  I definitely hear it from time to time.
>
> Phil
>
>