[Elecraft] Weird K3 SSB problems

[Mike Reublin]

Any sound card input?

73, Mike NF4L

On Dec 25, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Brian Alsop <alsopb at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> I was using the K3 today.  The VOX kept cycling to transmit and back with no voice input.
> 
> Sounded like an easy problem to fix.  Just touch up the antivox.
> 
> Nope.
> 
> Listening in the monitor, there is a rushing sound with clicking (like fans in the background or something with a superimposed woodpecker).
> Clearly that spurious noise is what was tripping the vox off/on.
> 
> Next removing the mike plug, the rushing sound was still there.
> 
> With no mike input where is it coming from?  Unlikely to be RFI since it is there at 1 watt.
> 
> Setting the mike gain to zero and compression doesn't fix it. Compression level does substantial increase or decrease it.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 73 de Brian/K3KO
> 
> 
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