[Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

A defective FM filter for the K3 can be

1) Well off frequency and a loud station well into normal limiting will
"fill" the filter's skewed bandwidth, and present a badly distorted signal
to the following IF.
2) can have defective internal crystal mounts, or defective crystals.
 Being non-linear, these have been known to generate IMD all by themselves.

3) Not defective, but somehow the offset for the filter has been set to
some wild value, and that part of K3 setup utility needs redoing.

Call the support staff and get help.

73, Guy.

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Bruce Beford
<bruce.beford at myfairpoint.net>wrote:

>
> > Would the external transverter be any different or does it use the very
> > same filter?
>
> The filter in question is part of the radio, not the transverter. So yes,
> it
> would use the same filter. You _may_ have a defective 13 KHz FM filter, or
> it is not configured properly, or the FM Deviation parameter is not set
> properly. I would imagine the Elecraft support team has gone through these
> various possibilities with you.
>
> In any event, it is NOT a design problem, or a widespread one. I am sure it
> can be resolved. As a last resort, you could send the radio to Elecraft to
> get it corrected.
>
> good luck,
> Bruce, N1RX
>
>
>
>
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