[Elecraft] Low receive sensitivity on new K3

[George Victor]

Are you SURE the antenna is working fine with the other rigs?
George





On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:44 PM, ni0c <ni0c at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I've completed the initial build of K3
> s/n 1061 and am having trouble receiving
> anything.  The receiver perks up a lot
> when I just connect the center pin of my
> coax to the ANT1 jack. It goes dead
> completely as soon as the shield makes
> contact with the connector.
> My antenna works fine on my other rigs.
>
> I have the KANT3 module in the K3
> (no antenna tuner).
>
> The ANT1 input reads a dead short
> with an ohmmeter.
>
> I have completed the VCO cal,
> filter settings and enabling, etc. as
> outlined in the manual.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> I'm suspecting the trouble is in the
> KANT3 module.
>
> 73,
> Chuck  Guenther  NI0C
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