[Elecraft] My first birdie?

[ab2tc]

Hi,

Nobody has responded to your post, so I'll hop in with what I know.
Congratulations on your new k3.

I have that birdie, on USB it zero beats at 14,026.3, on LSB at 14,018.9
kHz. It's a fast tuning birdie, very weak and completely inaudible with a
real antenna. But I am curious about your RF gain setting. When I back off
the RF gain to 11 o'clock my S-meter reading rises to S9+30dB and the
receiver is thoroughly deaf, birdie inaudible. Have you done your receiver
gain calibration?

AB2TC - Knut


Kurt Bilinski wrote
> I told the wife I would build my K3 for "an hour or so each night after
> dinner." However, I forgot how much I love putting together a
> well-engineered kit... it was done by the following day...
> 
> After it was done I was messing around with the settings (with NO antenna
> connected) and ran across a steady tone at 14.026770 MHz (audible in USB
> only) and is only audible with RF gain set greater than the 11 o'clock
> position. Has anyone else noticed a birdie at this frequency? Are there
> known  birdies that are audible only at higher RF gain (though I don't
> really consider 11 o'clock (40%) high gain?
> 
> Just curious, and I'm asking in order to get my bearings right. That is,
> if >40% RF gain is pushing things, okay, that's good to know. At this
> early stage, and after being out of ham radio for 35 years, it'll take
> some relearning, both in general, and with the K3 in particular.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Kurt, KK6IPF 
> <snip>





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