[Elecraft] Spurious

[Joe Planisky]

Hi Ken,

> Signal level on the spurious was aprox 50db down.


Note that the published specifications for the K3 say:

"Harmonic and Spurious: > 50 dB below Carrier (100W) typical."

So depending on which side of 50dB your spur is, it may be nothing to  
worry about.

73
--
Joe KB8AP

On Dec 21, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Ken Chandler wrote:

> Hi
> I've just done some tests with my k3 sn 3759 and have been told I have
> a spurious signal 600Hz above my tx frequency. It was at first heard
> with my amp on but I switched out the amp and ran the k3 with 100w and
> my note was still there.
> Signal level on the spurious was aprox 50db down.
> My tests were on cw, and my tester was less than 1/2 mile away.
> Any idea"s!!!