[Elecraft] K2 Tuning Noise (Clicks?)
Ed G
ed.goss at comcast.net
Sun Nov 27 20:51:25 EST 2011
Folks,
I experienced the K2 tuning anomaly during this weekend's CQWW CW
contest, while the bands were loaded with strong signals. I mention
"clicks" because that is what some others called this issue in the past, but
to me it sounded like tuning across a loud carrier of very narrow bandwidth.
I noticed this on 7005, to name one 40 meter frequency, but there were
others. It caused my S-meter to peak at about 40 over as I tuned quickly
across the blip. I did seem to hear this also on 15 meters. Tonight it is
gone, as are all the strong signals, so I would tend to agree with others
that this anomaly is related to those strong signals on the 40 meter band.
It also goes away when you remove the antenna.
I am writing to see what the current thinking is about this anomaly, or
to see if there has been further investigation since the earlier "click"
postings were made. Is it something K2 users need to live with? My serial
number is 3938. I have recently gone through the alignment several times,
and am somewhat confident that all is well with alignment and settings.
--Ed, N3CW--
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