[Elecraft] K3 not recieving

[Amateur Radio Operator N5GE]

First a comment regarding the thread:

It's interesting how a request for help with a receiver not receiving
can turn into a discussion of 43 foot verticals and antennas.
 
After 35 years in the hobby it amazes me how many amateurs believe
that a non-resonant antenna can be as efficient as a resonant one.

If you want to use a vertical antenna on 80m due to space
restrictions, go to the nearest Metal Supermarket and buy the tubing
required to make a resonant 80m vertical (about 65 feet) mount it on a
8 or ten foot wooden post from Home Depot with 4 radials to guy the
post and antenna and play radio with it.  It won't be as good as
ON4UN's vertical, but you will be amazed at what it will do.

If you want to work 160m, there aren't many ways to make "GOOD"
antennas for that band without enough property.

I liked Joe's previous post mentioning "snake oil", and certainly
agree with his last paragraph in his latest post. 

On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:53:29 -0500, you wrote:


>I said "without base matching" - that's what the AD5X "modifications"
>are - base matching.  Base matching eliminates the easy "use anywhere"
>without and external tuner capability that is one of the "selling
>points" of the 43 foot vertical.
>
>My comments are not my opinion ... they are supported by several well
>researched and documented studies of the 43 foot vertical - all of
>which can be found on-line.  Studies show more than 15 dB feedline
>loss on 160 meters and more than 6 dB on 80 meters when the antenna
>is unmatched.  Similarly, basic modeling (also documented in the
>on-line studies) shows take off angles of 40 degrees on 15 meters
>and 55 degrees on 10 meters - both of which are far too high to
>generally be useful.
>
>Of course, facts and science have never been able to stand in the way
>of marketing hype.
>
>73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV