[Elecraft] K2 cellphone interference

[Brian Lloyd]

On Jun 9, 2008, at 12:51 AM, David Woolley wrote:

> David Woolley (E.L) wrote:
>
>> fixed this by sanding off the paint around all the blocks.   
>> Actually I can still pull the frequency (BFO v VFO on the 7MHz  
>> birdy) by about 5Hz, but I need to hold the transmitter in front of  
>> front panel, with the antenna parallel and horizontal.
>
> Sorry, that's 4MHz versus effective receive frequency.  I believe  
> when I first tried this, I used a GDO as an external source, rather  
> than the birdy.

Sounds like going back to the K2 and making sure that I am getting  
good contact at all the corner blocks will improve things. I will try  
that. Not sure it will help all that much at 1.9GHz but it can't hurt.

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73 de Brian, WB6RQN
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