[Elecraft] W6JHB KX3 Clicking

[Jim Bennett]

Hi Howard -

Yes, I see there were a couple replies since I initially posted. One poster notes that it is a "known issue", and that's only partly comforting - at least someone is aware of it and hopefully working on resolution. Another sez his is only with headphones inserted. Mine does it with and without headphones. And yes, turning down the AF gain reduces the clicking, but it has to be turned down so far that I cannot hear the other station(s) - not a useful solution. With headphones removed, there is no clicking at AF level 12. But, with the built-in speaker I can't hear anything except for the monitor tone. Turning AF gain to about 30 or more allows me to hear signals on the band, but the clicking is there. With headphones inserted, the clicking is quite obvious down to AF level 2. At level 1 is is gone. If I turn off VOX and key my paddle, there is no RF sent, but the clicking is still there, so it has nothing to do with RF being sent. Something in the T/R circuitry, methinks. Until the engineers can get it corrected, I can use the rig w/o VOX (manual transmit) to avoid the annoying clicking.

Jim


On   Monday, Dec 30, 2013, at  Monday, 8:48 AM, Howard K6IA Elecraft Support wrote:

> Jim,
> I see that this was answered for you on the reflector. 
> I have passed your message onto the Engineering team for their review.
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> Regards
> Howard K6IA
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> 73,  Howard Stephenson  K6IA
> Elecraft Customer Support
> (831) 763-4211 EXT 169
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> On 12/29/2013 7:17 PM, Jim Bennett wrote:
>> I posted this on the reflector on Sunday afternoon and no replies from anyone in the group, so I'm turning to you folks.
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>> "Hi All - just this past weekend completed building KX3 # 5539. Seems to work fine except for one thing. When I've got headphones plugged in and running full break-in I'm hearing a fairly strong clicking noise. I set the rig into semi-QSK with a 1-second DLY and see that the click is happening when the radio goes back into receive, NOT when I key it and send RF out into the ozone. Any idea what's happening here? I've tried it with three different sets of 'phones: A Sony MDR-V6, a Bose Triport, and an el-cheapo pair of 'round-the-ear phones that I use with my iPhone at the gym. I hear the same click on all three. I then unplugged the 'phones and listened to the built-in speaker with DLY at zero. The clicks are there, too. Very annoying. Any hints??"
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>> Jim Bennett / W6JHB
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