[Elecraft] K3 VFO encoder noise?

[Oliver Dröse]

Wayne,

Joel was talking about the K3, not the KX3. You certainly need a break from 
KX3 firmware optimization, don't you? ;-)

73, Olli - DH8BQA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
To: "Joel Hallas" <jrhallas at optonline.net>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 VFO encoder noise?


> Joel Hallas wrote:
>
>> While dabbling in the VHF contest this w/e, I noticed that there was
>> low
>> level noise as I turned the main VFO knob. It just seemed to be on 6
>> meters.
>> It wasn't a big problem, but I think some rigs have s/w options that
>> take
>> care of that, but I didn't see anything in the K3 menus.
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> This noise is typically not audible except on the highest bands with
> very little band noise (or no antenna). You have a choice of methods
> to eliminate it if necessary.
>
> All of the following settings are per-band so you only need to try
> them on affected bands:
>
> 1. Set MENU:VFO NR to ON.
>
> 2. If necessary, set MENU:RX SHFT to ON.
>
> 3. An alternative to (or supplement to) the above is to turn on the
> regular receive noise reduction by holding the NR switch.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
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