[Elecraft] KX-1 BC interference on 20m

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

My thought is that the problem was caused by one or more of the natural 
spurious responses of the KX-1's receiver, not by some harmonic or spur 
generated by the BC transmitters themselves. BC transmitter harmonics might 
also be generated and heard if you had a "rusty bolt" problem caused by say 
a nearby fence, and the BC signals were strong enough.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD


Stephen Prior wrote on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 2:07 PM

> As I have mentioned before, I really enjoyed using the KX-1 on holiday in
> Europe this year but found that there were several broadcast stations
> appearing across 20m from about 14.20MHz upwards.  I was using a roughly 
> 5/8
> wave vertical antenna with counterpoise and the internal ATU.
>
> Is this normal operation, or should I delve into the manual for alignment
> procedures? I am at a disadvantage in that I did not build the unit.  The
> radio suffered a pretty bad knock whilst camping and I am wondering if
> something is adrift.