[Elecraft] P3 Vfo Blips

[Jack Berry]

Looked on Amazon and there are eleventy-eight kinds of Deoxit. 

Which is the right one?


On Jul 31, 2012, at 11:19 PM, FredJensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> A drop of DeOxit on it [shield and center pin, both ends] and several 
> removal/insertions cured mine.  Also, make sure the P3 chassis screws 
> are tight, and the chassis is directly bonded to the K3.  I may put a 
> ground post on my P3 to take it to the ground bus right behind the rigs.
> 
> The other note is that I originally ran without the K3 IF Level mod, and 
> when I calibrated the P3 and K3 S-Meter with my service monitor, I ended 
> up with fairly high gain in the P3, and quite a few anomalous blips and 
> such.  Doing the mod got the gain back to normal and all is well.
> 
> 73
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> 
> On 8/1/2012 3:08 AM, Jack Berry wrote:
>> I saw this for the first time a few weeks ago. Check your BNC connections - just open and close the twist on connector, maybe even pull is off and reinsert. That killed my birdies. It's happened a few times.
>> 
>> Whether or not this is a common problem, I don't know.
>> 
> 
> 
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