[Elecraft] P3 Display Anomaly

[Jim Bennett]

Well, after several very informative replies to my post, I've come to the determination that I'm not the only one seeing these "Flying Fribbles", "Moving Humps", "Sweepers", "Chirpsounders", "Beacons", "SeaSonde", etc. Of course, it's just possible that there is a cloaked ship up there that is scanning us……. :-) :-)

So, maybe Wayne & crew can add a new button to the K3 such that we'd have: NB (Noise Blanker), NR (Noise Reduction), and FR (Fribble Reducer). Arrrghhhhh - I need a glass of wine!

OK, end of thread (at least for me).

73, Jim / W6JHB


On   Thursday, Mar 15, 2012, at  Thursday, 4:17 PM, Jim Sheldon wrote:

> Disconnect your antenna, set the REF LVL on the P3 so you can see the background noise at the base of the display and watch it for a while.  If you no longer see it, it isn't in the K3/P3 anywhere and is external to the radio.
> 
> I have several "sweepers" that come through from time to time.  One is somewhere in the neighborhood and the other is coming from a bad TV cable line amplifier on the pole outside my house.  I'm having a heck of a time getting the cable company that it's their problem and they are liable for fixing it.  I have gotten the local "fox hunt" group out and they confirm my findings and we know exactly which amp it is.  I have spectrum pix of it using the image capture feature of the P3 with dates, times and frequencies.  I filed a formal complaint with the FCC and sent them copies of all correspondence with the cable company, my spectrum analysis pictures and notarized affidavits from the fox hunt guys with their direction finding results.  Hopefully that will get the same results I got with the power company.  Had to file a formal complaint with the FCC on that one too, but now, they are all sweetness and light and whenever I call 'em they jump on the line noise problems as quick 
> as they can free up a crew to clean/fix insulators in the neighborhood.
> 
> Jim - W0EB
> 
>> Just wondering if I am the Lone Ranger here or if anyone else is
>> having this P3 "experience". Every so often, perhaps once every 20 -
>> 40 seconds or so, I see some sort of spur go flying across the
>> screen. It starts low and flies up in frequency, right off the
>> display. With my display span set at 50 kHz below and 50 kHz above,
>> this "spur" takes only a second to cross the entire display range.
>> Not band dependent, either. My K3 is running on solar / battery
>> power, so it isn't something from my power supply.
>> 
>> It isn't causing me a problem, just wondering if I have a "special"
>> K3/P3 or if this is common.
>> 
>> Tnx, Jim / W6JHB
>> 
>> 
>> Jim Bennett
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