[Elecraft] K3 Chirp on 6 Meters

[Peter Chamalian]

Thanks for the thought, but no I didn't Brian.  I'm a 98% CW op (:->).
Besides, you can't key the rig if you're in ssb.

Pete, W1RM


-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Alsop [mailto:alsopb at nc.rr.com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:09 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Chirp on 6 Meters

You didn't happen to be using CW in the SSB mode?   That is the K3's 
ability to allow you to be on SSB, hear a CW signal and call him without 
changing mode.   This practice is quite useful on 6M.

73 de Brian/K3KO

On 8/12/2012 13:43, Peter Chamalian wrote:
> Thanks Cookie - the two hams who reported the chirp are long-time CW 
> operators who I've known for many years so I trust their feedback.  In 
> a separate case again the op reporting the chirp is a long-time CW op too.
>
>
>
> Could this be some anomaly of propagation?  That would be very odd indeed.
>
>
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
>
> Pete, W1RM
>
>
>
> From: WILLIS COOKE [mailto:wrcooke at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 9:14 AM
> To: Peter Chamalian; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Chirp on 6 Meters
>
>
>
> Peter, I have operated 6 meter CW and I have not had a report of 
> chirp.  I have heard some signals that sound a bit strange because of 
> propagation anomalies.  I have no way of knowing if this is your 
> problem, but recently licensed hams have not heard the chirps that 
> were common in the 50s and earlier so do not assume that the reports are
really valid.  Good luck!
>
>
>
> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
> K5EWJ&  Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
>
>    _____
>
> From: Peter Chamalian<w1rm at arrl.net>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:37 AM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Chirp on 6 Meters
>
>
> If you have operated 6 meter CW and had a report of a chirp, I'd 
> appreciate hearing about it.
>
>
>
> I had several of them and my K3 is back at Elecraft right now for 
> service, but they are not able to reproduce the problem.  I know there 
> is a mod for the synthesizer board and that was made without solving 
> the problem.  No, it's not my power supply either - a big 50 amp 
> Astron provides 13.77 volts key up and 13.74 volts key down.  It's not 
> RF because when I got the report I reduced power (external amp off) 
> down to the point where the station could not copy me and the chirp was
still there.
>
>
>
> The strange thing is I had a local listen to my signal and it was 
> clean.  At a later time, two reports (one from eastern MA the other 
> from SC and I'm in central CT) said I had a chirp.  In both cases I had
been on 6 for a while.
>
>
>
> Is it frequency dependent?  Is it heat dependent?
>
>
>
> Again, I would appreciate hearing from you if you have had reports of 
> a chirp on 6 meters - what frequency were you on at the time?  How 
> long had you been operating (was the rig getting warm?) or any other 
> observation that might help to pinpoint a way of duplicating the problem.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Pete, W1RM
>
>
>
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