[Elecraft] Problem solved - KX3 - Low sensitivity on 12M band

Bert ve3nr at bell.net
Fri Dec 31 14:16:19 EST 2021


Iforgot about the attenuator and that it's set per band!  Time to get 
better acquainted with my KX3. ;-)

Thanks again to all who helped out and Happy New Year!

Bert VE3NR



On 2021-12-30 20:37, Bert wrote:
> After putting up a new antenna for the WARC bands, I noticed that the 
> signals on the 12M band
> on the KX3 seemed kind of muted and decided to check the sensitivity 
> with the signal generator.
>
> Pre-amp on the KX3 was set to 20 dB for S9 with a signal of -73 dBm on 
> all bands. All bands seem
> to be OK except 12M where a signal of -63 dBm was needed to get S9 on 
> the S-meter.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!
>
> 73 Bert VE3NR


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