[Elecraft] K3 Standard internal Noise

[Jim Brown]

While there's a lot of coax around with poor quality shields, cheap 
connectors, and poorly installed connectors, cause FAR more problems. My 
rules are to NEVER play cheap with connectors and adapters, to ALWAYS 
look first at connectors (and adapters), and to build my own cables when 
possible. I've always had a strong suspicion that someone at Elecraft 
was playing cheap when the vendor for those cables was chosen.

Poor quality coax shields will show up as excessive coupling of shield 
current to the inside of the coax, degrading isolation between antennas 
and increasing RX noise.

73, Jim K9YC

On 1/3/2019 1:29 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> That's why I say "in most installations, more connectors usually equal 
> more problems".   Mechanical-electro connectors are the weak link in 
> most all systems.