[Elecraft] K3 Harmonic Distortion

[David Woolley (E.L)]

Berni G0IDA wrote:

> I just would like to put this thread back onto its tracks..... The 
> problem is with CW (although SSB does suffer too) and the main problem 
> is that I can hear the 3rd harmonic which when mixed with the 
> fundamental makes a rough note on CW especially when tuning away going 
> up in frequency.

Combining third and fundamental, at AF, should not produce a rough note. 
  It should produce a string-like tone rather than the flute-like done 
from just the fundamental.

If you are getting any low frequency beat, it means the signals are not 
harmonically related.

(I think you would need an awful lot of third harmonic to shift much 
from flute to string.)

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