[Elecraft] K3 Tuning encoder pulses and birdie problem

[Wes Stewart]

I have to strain to hear the birdie, but the tuning pulses sound like tuning across a radar.  These are actually worse with the preamp off, since the added noise with it on masks the pulses to some extent.  They are of course, worse with wider bandwidth, since there are more of them to hear at once.

Wes


--- On Wed, 3/25/09, Jan Erik Holm <sm2ekm at telia.com> wrote:

> From: Jan Erik Holm <sm2ekm at telia.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Tuning encoder pulses and birdie problem
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>, "wayne burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 12:33 AM
> When 10m opens up this will be a serious problem.
> 
> On 28005 KHz a quite strong birdie carrier, on
> each side of this carrier there are "tuning pulses
> generated from the encoder in the segment 28000 to
> 28010 KHz. All this gets stronger with Preamp ON.
> 
> Is it only my K3? Or is this on all of them?
> 
> Any solution?
> 
> This internal carrier might be removed with the
> new FW but any solution for this tuning puls
> problem.
> 
> 73 Jim SM2EKM
> 
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