[Elecraft] Fw: K3 Tuning encoder pulses and birdie problem

[Erik N Basilier]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erik N Basilier" <ebasilier at cox.net>
To: "wayne burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: K3 Tuning encoder pulses and birdie problem


> With the DSP NR at F1-4, the encoder tics as well as the normal noise 
> totally disappear, with preamp on or off.
> F1-3 or lower still has both the tics and normal noise. F2-3 vs F2-4 works 
> the same way.
> I am running 2.76; guess I should update and try again.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "wayne burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> To: "Erik N Basilier" <ebasilier at cox.net>
> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; "David Gilbert" 
> <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:20 PM
> Subject: Re: K3 Tuning encoder pulses and birdie problem
>
>
>> Erik N Basilier wrote:
>>
>>> I can just barely hear the birdie on a dummy load around 28005, but it 
>>> is so
>>> weak that it is not a problem.
>>>
>>> When a real antenna (beam or vertical) is connected, the encoder pulses 
>>> is
>>> no problem at my rather noisy QTH. At 1kHz bandwidth the S-meter 
>>> indicates
>>> S3 with AGC on, and the encoder pulses cannot be heard.
>>
>> If you turn the DSP noise blanker on at a low setting -- say t1-4 -- do 
>> the noise tics get suppressed to a large degree?
>>
>> tnx
>> Wayne
>> N6KR
>>
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