[Elecraft] [OT] Strange noise

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Could also be bad points on the RX side of relay in the RX path somewhere.
 73, Guy K2AV.

On Monday, July 25, 2016, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone experienced this:
>
> When I let the key up after sending a dash or two there is a "static
> crash" which seems to start AFTER or just as I stop sending.
>
> - It happens on various bands, but seems to happen more often on 30m or
> 20m.
>
> - It happens whether I am running my K3 barefoot or with a kW amp active.
>
> - It is intermittent. For example, this morning (6 am) it was bothering me
> on 30m. Now (8 pm) I can't make it happen.
>
> - On the P3 it looks like a series of horizontal lines extending across
> the display. Sometimes it is very short in duration, but sometimes it can
> go on for several seconds. You can imagine how annoying this is in a DX
> pileup.
>
> It is as if my RF is triggering an arc somewhere.
>
> Could a CFL lamp do this?
> --
> 73,
> Vic, 4X6GP
> Rehovot, Israel
> Formerly K2VCO
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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