[Elecraft] To zero beat or not to zero beat

[N4ZR]

Thanks everyone who responded to this.  I checked my calibration as 
suggested and believe it was, indeed, about 50 Hz above actual.  I'll 
test with some live spots.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/21/2019 4:44 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> Ever since I have owned my K3, I have noticed that most spots put the 
> K3's receiver above the actual frequency of the spotted station. 
> Initially, I thought this might have to do with DX spots being rounded 
> to the nearest 100 Hz, but then I realized that, if that were the 
> case, X percent of spots should be high, X low, and Y (whatever 
> percent) effectively right on.
>
> I've checked the K3's calibration, and it appears to be right on at 10 
> and 15 MHz, tuning in CW mode to WWV's carrier at my preset beat 
> note.  One possibility that occurred to me is that perhaps the DX 
> cluster convention is always to round up, rather than up or down.
>
> Seems a little unlikely to me, but does anyone know the answer? I'm 
> perfectly happy to keep jogging the main tuning knob a bit on most 
> spots, but thought I'd ask.
>