[Elecraft] Unusual Phenomenon OT

David Gilbert xdavid at cis-broadband.com
Mon Jan 23 12:55:13 EST 2012


Yup.  It would be easy to do, causes more interference than a carrier 
(which can be auto-notched out), and creates additional QRM when others 
on frequency call you out for being a LID.

Dave   AB7E



On 1/23/2012 10:38 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
> LDE's do not change frequency except in very small (a few Hz).  Someone was
> retransmitting part of your call on frequency.  Easy to do that. But he
> mis-timed it.  You weren't supposed to hear it.  Just more of the nasty
> behavior you sometimes see these days.  73, Guy
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Dan Atchison<N3ND at aol.com>  wrote:
>
>> I am posting this observation here only because I am using a K3.  I do
>> not have any clue what may have caused this phenomenon and I'd like
>> someone to give me a rational explanation other than magic!
>>
>> Just a few minutes ago, I was calling HK0NA on 12M SSB.  I was operating
>> split (10 kHz) according to both the rig and the P3.  When I un-keyed
>> the radio, I heard RX, of course, BUT ALSO the last several characters
>> of my callsign.  In other words, I heard "3 November delta."  Yes, I was
>> unkeyed.  There was a delay, like an LDE.
>>
>> I thought that was strange, of course, but them someone came on
>> frequency and said, "November Delta he's operating split."  I was
>> operating split!  However, I did hit the split button again (with no
>> changes on the rig's display or the P3, and my delayed "echo" subsided
>> and I worked the station.  There was no operator error even though many
>> of you are currently shaking your heads!  IS IT POSSIBLE that the rig
>> was actually transmitting on the VFO A freq instead of the VFO B freq
>> regardless of the indications on the rig and P3?
>>
>> What is going on?  This is, indeed, very strange.  I am also using a
>> KPA500 for what it's worth.
>>
>> Dan -- N3ND
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