[Elecraft] KX3 generating signal

[Richard Ferch]

The KX3 is a direct-conversion transceiver, not a superhet. The behaviour
you observed is normal with any direct-conversion receiver. The local
oscillator operates directly on the signal frequency and can be heard in a
nearby receiver.

73,
Rich VE3KI

AE4RM wrote:

> Today when operating QRP, the gentleman I was at the park with wanted to
> compare receiving a CW signal. We weren't comparing rigs but antennas. He
> had a FT 817.
>
> When he tuned to the frequency I was listening to it sounded like someone
> was tuning up on frequency on his radio. I changed frequencies and the
> noise went away.  When I tuned back to where he was, it came back. We
could
> only hear it on his radio but my KX3 was definitely generating the signal.
>
> This was on 40m around 7020.
>
> What would cause this? It does not seem normal.