[Elecraft] External 10 Mhz reference level

[Dave Sublette]

Ok, thanks.  I can fix it!  I have another amplifier/splitter I can put on
it.   I didn't remember that there was an addition manual for the K3REF

  :-(

73,

Dave

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 3:40 PM Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:

> It’s in the K3XREF manual.  +4 to +16 dBm.  Your reference doesn’t have
> enough output.
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
> > On Nov 21, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Dave Sublette <k4to.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have a K3s, delivered in January this year.  I am using an external GPS
> > disciplined 10 Mhz reference to the External Ref input on the back.  I
> > cannot find anywhere in the manual what the required level for this input
> > is.  I have -1.1 dBm and it seems to work.  However, once in a while, the
> > K3s frequency shifts down 10 hz, then back to the original frequency,
> then
> > up 10 hz, then back to original frequency, all in a matter of two t four
> > seconds.   This happens maybe once a week and lasts for a minute or
> two.  I
> > have never heard it do more than one sequence of  down-back-up-back at
> > time.
> >
>
>