[Elecraft] P3 - spikes that never move

[hawley, charles j jr]

This issue came up a long while ago. At that time, having some issues with RF in the shack too, (dipole runs right over the house somewhat) I went to all LMR 240 low loss, double shielded coax. Things are pretty quiet now. 

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Chuck, KE9UW 
(Jack for BMW motorcycles)

On Mar 1, 2013, at 1:36 PM, "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <eric at elecraft.com> wrote:

> We changed to a better quality BNC jumper cable for the P3 to K3-IF connection approximately Nov 1st of 2012. P3s shipped after that should have the newer cable.
> 
> If you hare having problems with an earlier cable, contact our parts or support guys (parts at elecraft.com, k3support at elecraft.com) and we'll fix you up with a replacement.
> 
> Of course even more expensive double shielded cables etc can reduce leakage into the P3 If even more. But those are usually only helpful if there are extremely strong local interfering signals (nearby switching power supplies, monitors etc.)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Eric
> elecraft.com
> 
> On 3/1/2013 6:16 AM, Fred C. Jensen wrote:
>> Elecraft didn't make the cable, they bought it, or more likely 1,000 or more of them.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Fred K6DGW
>> 
>> Bill Clarke <bill at w2blc.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> As a replacement for the faulty Elecraft cable I am using a real
>>> Mil-Spec cable. When I receive the replacement cable from Elecraft I
>>> will compare it to the Mil-Spec cable for quality before using it. I'll
>>> let you know what I think of it and how well it works.
>>> 
>>> 
> 
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