[Elecraft] Tunable carrier (birdie) 20445khz

[n5ge at n5ge.com]

The Birdie near 21.017 is a fast tuning birdie.

You can remove it by following the instructions for SIG RMV [T] on page 59 of
the Owner's Manual Revision D9, Dec. 7, 2010.

As for the one near 20.445, that frequency is not within any amateur radio
allocation I am aware of.

What's all the hullabaloo about?

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member


On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:06:43 -0700 (PDT), Gill W4RYW <josephg at integrity.com>
wrote:

>While looking for a source of some steady carrier interference on the 20M and
>15M bands, I noticed that one of them at 21.017.9 Khz moved (on the P3
>screen) in proportion to the tuning of the K3. Obviously a birdie as I
>checked with no antenna. The birdie had side lobes - i.e. there were weak
>carriers either side at 12Khz offsets. Tuning around, I found what appears
>to be the fundamental at 20445.11 kHz. The freq's are with rig on CW normal
>- the freq's listed change with mode. Turning P3 off makes no difference.
>
>I would like to get rid of these or minimize the levels - any ideas?
>
>Gill W4RYW