[Elecraft] K3 filter setup anomaly

The Smiths notforchat at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 11 13:04:55 EDT 2010


Did you make sure that you also adjusted the Config menu for the filter positions and respective widths?  You can't just put the filter in without telling the rig what you have just done. If you don't adjust that, ALL of your other filters will now be wrong as well.

 


 
> From: hs0zed at csloxinfo.com
> To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:11:11 +0700
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 filter setup anomaly
> 
> Probably me as I'm somewhat green with the K3. I've spent a good few hours
> playing with one and been inside to add a DVR and for a nose around but am
> now confused by something I thought should be straightforward.
> 
> 
> 
> I just added a DVR to a friend's K3 and having confirmed that as working
> have added the 6kHz filter. As per the documentation I removed the four
> existing filters and shuffled them to the left one position fitting the 6kHz
> filter in the rightmost FL1 position. This on the main RX board not the sub
> receiver. I've been through the setup instructions in the manual but when
> FL1 appears in the display (whenever the width control goes above 2.8kHz the
> receiver audio drops to essentially the background receiver noise and there
> is no S meter reading. Might this be a bad filter or do such things not
> occur?
> 
> 
> 
> I am also a little confused with the filtering. I own an Orion 1 so excuse
> if this seems a little strange but I have multiple roofing filters from
> 250Hz up to 20kHz and can have these either track with the BW control or
> fixed, eg the first roofer set at 6kHz and the BW controlling only the DSP
> bandwidth. I sometimes prefer the sound of a wider first IF filter. It seems
> I cannot do that with the K3 other than to turn off the unwanted filters in
> the config menu. Am I right? Receiver BW control seems to stop at 4kHz on
> SSB and 5kHz on AM, Is that correct or does this point to the problem with
> the filter mentioned previously?
> 
> 
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Martin, HS0ZED
> 
> 
> 
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