[Elecraft] K144XV + K144RFLK issue

[Simon Lewis]

Geoff
 
no def the K3 thats jumping - no movement on the DEMI tvtr/IC7600 or the IC9100
 
the beacon is well known to me and used daily as a propagatation checker - it does not have this characteristic 
 
thanks for the tip though :)
 
Cheers

Simon 
 


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> From: lx2ao at pt.lu
> To: droese at necg.de
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 23:05:59 +0100
> CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K144XV + K144RFLK issue
> 
> Simon,
> 
> Do you have another 2m receiver, or know somebody who can receive the 
> beacon, to check whether or not the beacon's frequency is jumping. If the 
> beacon's transmitter is crystal controlled with the crystal in an oven, the 
> jumps in frequency you hear could be due to the beacon not your K144XV. 
> Been there :-)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Geoff
> LX2AO
> 
> On March 06, 2012 at 10:31 +0100, Simon Lewis <gm4plm at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >> Just installed the K144XV and I notice an unusual change in receive freq
> >> when looking at a local beacon on 144
> >>
> >> Every 3 secs or so it jumps about 10 Hz high or so then returns back to
> >> its normal freq - then 3 secs later does the same again
> >>
> >> not sure why its doing this any advice appreciated
> >>
> >> I have done all the cal routines and the main unit has 10 MHz applied and
> >> is locked - flashing * on the cal entry
> >>
> >>
> >> I only just purchased it so I assume the firmware would be the latest?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Simon ZL4PLM
> 
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