[Elecraft] Tunable carrier (birdie) 20445khz

[Richard Ferch]

Weaker birdies can be drowned out by band noise. If you want to find these
weaker birdies, disconnect the antenna.

As for bandwidth and mode, you should use the mode(s) and bandwidth(s) you
are most likely to use at that frequency - the birdies change frequency
when you change modes and/or when you change between roofing filters with
different offsets.

73,
Rich VE3KI


K9GS wrote:

> So...what is the best way to check for birdies...no antenna, dummy load,
> shorted coax plug?
>
> And i assume you want the bandwidth wide and probably in CW mode??