[Elecraft] KX3 VFO tuning noise...an observation...

[Wayne Burdick]

Dave,

Have you tried turning on VFO NR and/or setting RX SHFT to 8.0 on the affected bands? 

Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 19, 2013, at 9:16 AM, "Dave Lankshear" <dave at lanks.plus.com> wrote:

> I built mine, complete with auto ATU and roofing filters, so at this stage
> I'd have to take the rig apart to see if the peripherals contribute to the
> tuning hash, but even with noise reduction on, tuning makes quite a
> swooshing noise and gets louder as the tuning rate is increased.  When my K3
> still emitted some tuning hash after the mods to suppress it, I thought I
> must be quite sensitive to it, but the KX3 is much louder.  I hadn't said
> anything before because of experience with my K3 but as it's been raised, I
> thought I'd "come out" about it.  My K3 is a little noisy, but I'd still
> expect to hear signals from workable stations as I tune through, however,
> the KX3 could readily miss ones that are workable above the band noise level
> unless I was tuning slowly.
> 
> 
> 
> 73 Dave G3TJP
> 
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