[Elecraft] Ghost in my shack

[Jim Farmer]

Thanks Tom.  I have the sounds turned off (they irritate me), but it does 
appear to be related to the serial port, which I feed from a USB connector 
on the computer (running XP) using the USB to serial cable that Elecraft 
supplies.

I appreciate your response very much.  Sorry you got caught in my spam 
blocker, but you're on the cleared list now.

jim

James O. "Jim" Farmer, K4BSE
678-640-0860
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KQ8M" <kq8m at kq8m.com>
To: "'Jim Farmer'" <jofarmer at mindspring.com>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 9:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Ghost in my shack


> Do you get the windows sound like hardware is being disconnected then
> reconnected. The keying three times sounds like the initialization of the
> serial port.
>
> Tim Herrick, KQ8M
> kq8m at kq8m.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Farmer
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 8:48 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Ghost in my shack
>
> I'm enjoying my K3, which I assembled a couple of months ago.  Great rig,
> getting great reports.  But I have a ghost in my shack who, every so often
> when I'm doing something else in the shack, keys the mic, usually three
> times, each time for a second or so.  Then he doesn't do it for a while.
> Since I'm only operating SSB, no signal is put out when he keys it.  I'm
> using the K3 with the Elecraft hand-held PTT mic.  The rig is connected to 
> a
>
> PC running Ham Radio Deluxe, current version, but HRD doesn't seem to know
> the rig is going into transmit.  Any Ghost Busters out there looking for
> work?
>
> Also, I'm running the output through an external peak detecting power 
> meter.
>
> During a transmission, the output power starts at around 50 W peak and if 
> I
> get windy (say, a 3-4 minute transmission), will go to about 100 W peak
> during the transmission.  Current meter on my power supply starts 
> deflecting
>
> higher as the output reads higher.  I have the K3 set for maximum 110 W
> output.
>
> Thanks,
> jim
>
> James O. "Jim" Farmer, K4BSE
> 678-640-0860
> jofarmer at mindspring.com (home, spam blocked)
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