[Elecraft] K144XV spurious in receiver

[Brett Howard]

Yea I'll have to go through and map out all of my spurs...  Seems to me
with the level of integration that this 2M radio has that soon its
S-meter will be individually calibratable or even better it would be
nice to be able to insert an offset for each transverter so that you can
match things up...

~Brett (KC7OTG)

On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 00:38 -0400, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> You can use the procedure for removing spurs that already exists.
> 
> The S meter is calibrated to the front end of the HF receiver.  The
> system gain of the K144XV (including its preamp) will be added to the
> calibration of the HF receiver.  20 over would seem to be
> approximately right.  -70 is 3 db over S9.
> 
> 73, Guy.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Brett Howard <brett at livecomputers.com> wrote:
> > Yea I'm hearing quite a few spurs from 144.0 to 144.004 and then of
> > course it repeats from 146 to 146.004...
> >
> > ~Brett (KC7OTG)
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Robert P. Ward <wardbnj at comcast.net> wrote:
> >> Hi group
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>                I've just installed a K144XV in my K3 and using 2.77
> >> firmware.
> >>
> >> I have found some spurious response at the bottom end of the band (144.0 to
> >> 144.010).
> >>
> >> Wondering if anyone else has noticed this?
> >>
> >>                Also have found the "S" meter is very inaccurate, reads 20
> >> over S9 with -70 dBm input signal.
> >>
> >> I've found the K144XV to be quite sensitive as measured with a HP 8640B
> >> signal generator......
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>                                Bob   NQ3N
> >>
> >>
> >>
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