[Elecraft] 6m off-frequency

[Ian Kahn, KM4IK]

Ron/All,

As I state in my original email, I don't have this issue on any other band.
The first couple of times other ops reported me off frequency a bit, I
thought the issue to be as you suggest - differences in how different ops
hear the signal, a 1-2 Hz difference, etc. However, EVERY operator I tried
to contact reported the same thing - that I am off frequency by about 500
Hz, that I need to adjust my RIT (which is not enabled), etc. That's why I'm
concerned about a possible issue. I was also using my P3 to tune to signals,
so I feel fairly certain that I was, in fact, on frequency as my receiver
saw it.

Thanks and 73

Ian Kahn, KM4IK
Roswell, GA  EM74ua
km4ik.ian at gmail.com
10-10 #74624  North Georgia Chapter #2038
PODXS 070 #1962
K3 #281, P3 #688 KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Manfredi [mailto:wa2eio at optonline.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 11:55 AM
To: Ian Kahn <km4ik.ian at gmail.com>; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6m off-frequency

Have you experienced this on other bands, during casual operating since the
rig was returned to you?

I find that when I am on SSB, I tune until my ear may likes what I am 
hearing , and as such,  I may not be exactly on their frequency.   (that 
is one reason for RIT!)  Also, I have found that some ops feel that they 
have to be tuned to an even frequency on their digital display.   For 
them, if you are on 14.219.8 and not on 14.220.0  then you are off
frequency.


Ron  WA2EIO


On 6/11/2017 11:45 AM, Ian Kahn wrote:
> All,
>
> I've been operating a little in the ARRL VHF contest this weekend, on 6m,
> and I'm having an interesting, and not good, experience. Everyone I try to
> work is reporting that I'm off frequency by about 500 Hz. I don't have
> RIT/XIT enabled. My K3, s/n 281, went to Elecraft earlier this year for
> some upgrades and a tune-up, and came back with a clean bill of health and
> meets/exceeds specs.
>
> I admit, I am new to 6m operation, but this constant report of being
> off-frequency concerns me. Is there some calibration step, specific to 6m,
> that I missed? I don't get this report on any other band, and have never
> gotten it in over 6 years of operating this rig. My assumption is that if
> it came back from the Mother Ship clean, and I've never used 6m before,
> that it should be properly calibrated.
>
> Any guidance/advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> --Ian
> Ian Kahn, KM4IK
> Roswell, GA  EM74ua
> km4ik.ian at gmail.com
> 10-10 #74624  North Georgia Chapter #2038
> PODXS 070 #1962
> K3 #281, P3 #688 KAT500 #860, KPA500 #1468
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