[Elecraft] P3 Spurii and a cure.

[Bill]

Regarding the hump monster appearing on the screen of the P3:

I had this to a severe degree with my P3 when I first put it into 
service. Here are the results of my quick tests:

1. humps vanish when the P3 has no patch cord attached to it.
2. using a different BNC patch cord from the P3 to the K3 caused the 
humps to vary in intensity:
     a. using a 20 year old mil-spec BNC patch cord removed the humps 
completely.
     b. using a replacement from Elecraft improved the situation with 
smaller humps.
     c. using a different replacement from Elecraft also reduced the humps.

As a result of the above, I use my 20 year old mil-spec BNC patch cord 
and am very happy.

Not a big deal to me, it was easily fixed, and I am very happy with my P3.

Bill W2BLC a happy K-line owner