[Elecraft] K3 10M Birdie

[Mike Harris]

Hi,

No big deal, it just gets in the way occasionally, just like a similarly 
placed offering in the K2, albeit that one has a different source.  For 
what it's worth, I've been working signals on 10M this weekend somewhat 
lower in strength than this particular birdie.  No band noise at all when 
plugging the antenna in.

If you use WSJT on 6M you will even find 'em -25dB, one cost me a 
completion on EME, mainly due to operator error on my part and I wouldn't 
expect Elecraft to try and sort sub noise level signals out.

So yes, some of us routinely work at very low receive signal levels in 
reasonably quiet locations, even on HF.  You just have to remind yourself 
why the other guy can't hear you.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G4ILO" <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 4:05 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 10M Birdie


| What's the big deal with birdies? Perhaps if you are operating from the
| middle of nowhere miles from the nearest computer the bands are actually
| quiet unless a real signal is present. Here there are so many 
unmodulated
| carriers and other noises from computers, computer peripherals, cordless
| phones, TV set top boxes, burglar alarms and goodness knows what else 
that
| you just get used to them. If some of them were actually generated from
| within the K3 I would never know.