[Elecraft] Key Clicks? Maybe, Maybe not.

[Steve Ellington]

I'll go ahead an mention it. The ICOM PRO series is well know for hearing 
clicks that aren't there. In fact, the rx in those rigs has the ability to 
convert static into ear splitting clicks. When they first hit the market, 
some owners were saying "The DSP filters are so sharp that when you tune off 
frequency, you can't hear the carrier but can still hear the clicks", trying 
to make us believe that the clicks were actually present but just couldn't 
be heard on lesser receivers! I had both the PRO II and PRO III. Both were 
bad for this but otherwise great rigs and I still miss the handy scope 
eventhough I have LP-PAN, which is far superior, I still miss the built in 
bandscope.
So KA1J sounded very clean on this end but maybe not on a PRO.

Steve Ellington
N4LQ at carolina.rr.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary NL7Y" <pearse at gci.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Key Clicks? Maybe, Maybe not.


>
>
>
> Gary Smith wrote:
>>
>> I have an interesting thing to figure out...
>>
>> I have a K3 and my amp is a TenTec Titan 425.
>>
>> I was CQing DX on 160 CW today using semi break-in and a fellow came
>> by and said I was generating key clicks.
>> Ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gary
>> KA1J
>>
>>
>
> This may not be the issue in your case, but two thoughts. I recently owned
> two radios that "heard" key clicks on loud CW and static crashes. I'll not
> mention the Brand or Model, as no need for bashing here. Seemed to be an
> AGC-derived problem that could be reduced with AGC adjustment on that rig,
> and by implementing the NB.
>
> Here's a comment regarding AGC "pops" that may have some bearing. Not the
> rig I owned however: http://www.sherweng.com/documents/Dayton2007w.pdf.
>
> 73 Gary NL7Y
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