[Elecraft] Strange behaviour of K144XV :-((

[Oliver "Olli" Dröse]

Hi guys,

after getting the missing cables today (thanks Elecraft) I immediately started 
installing the K144XV into my K3. Everything went together smoothly, no 
problems, at least hardware-wise.

But, I have hundreds of birdies throughout the whole 2 m band. :-(( It does not 
matter if antenna connected or not, or connected to a dummyload, so I suspect 
these are internally and some of them are really annoying. Already checked all 
the TMP cable connections, everything seems okay.

Furthermore when switching down to 28 MHz I now have strange noise when tuning 
the VFO between 28.002 and 28.007 sounding like synthesizer noise which was 
definitely not there before. :-((

Any ideas what the reasons are and how to solve the problem(s)?

As I do not have the KRX3 module I tried to put the 12 V wire going to the other 
side of the mainboard to power the K144XV like shown in the manual but as the 
wire is so long it is laying on the mainboard. Could that be the reason, some 
pickup there?

Thanks in advance!

73, Olli - DH8BQA