[Elecraft] Noisy K3 receiver

[Don Wilhelm]

Graham, Wes,

If I have no input signal, my S-meter behaves as normally expected 
(S-meter increases with reduced RF Gain), BUT if I am receiving an S-9 
signal AND my S-meter is in ABS mode, the behavior is similar to that 
which you described.

73,
Don W3FPR

Graham Kimbell (G3TCT) wrote:
> Wes, thanks for the insight and it's interesting someone else has the same
> problem (s meter behaving oddly when rf gain backed off, plus noisy rx).
>
> <snip>
>
> Graham
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wes Stewart" <n7ws at yahoo.com>
>
> "The more you turn RF GAIN back, the higher the S-Meter will read."
>
> Well, that's the way it should work, but I can assure you that with my K3
> with the factory default RF Gain calibration, turning the control
> counterclockwise from max would cause the S-meter to increase at first, then
> *decrease* and then increase again as the control reached minimum gain.
>   
>