[Elecraft] KIO2 noise and remote PA

Lyle Johnson kk7p at wavecable.com
Tue Jun 28 21:03:49 EDT 2005


> I noticed this at Field Day. The club was using a repeater with output
> on 146.625. As soon as I turned on the K2 we got hash on that
> frequency.
> Any suggestions for tracking this down?

You must have an older KIO2 with the 16.289 MHz oscillator. The 9th 
harmonic is 146.60 MHz.

You can change the crystal to 18.432 MHz as used in the later KIO2s, or 
try clamping a chunk of ferrite around the cable at the K2 connector end.

73,

Lyle KK7P



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