Thanks Tom. I have the sounds turned off (they irritate me), but it does appear to be related to the serial port, which I feed from a USB connector on the computer (running XP) using the USB to serial cable that Elecraft supplies.
I appreciate your response very much. Sorry you got caught in my spam blocker, but you're on the cleared list now. jim James O. "Jim" Farmer, K4BSE 678-640-0860 jofar...@mindspring.com (home, spam blocked) Boss lady: http://kathysflute.com Personal: http://home.mindspring.com/~jofarmer/index.html "Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence." ----- Original Message ----- From: "KQ8M" <k...@kq8m.com> To: "'Jim Farmer'" <jofar...@mindspring.com>; <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 9:04 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Ghost in my shack > Do you get the windows sound like hardware is being disconnected then > reconnected. The keying three times sounds like the initialization of the > serial port. > > Tim Herrick, KQ8M > k...@kq8m.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Farmer > Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 8:48 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Ghost in my shack > > I'm enjoying my K3, which I assembled a couple of months ago. Great rig, > getting great reports. But I have a ghost in my shack who, every so often > when I'm doing something else in the shack, keys the mic, usually three > times, each time for a second or so. Then he doesn't do it for a while. > Since I'm only operating SSB, no signal is put out when he keys it. I'm > using the K3 with the Elecraft hand-held PTT mic. The rig is connected to > a > > PC running Ham Radio Deluxe, current version, but HRD doesn't seem to know > the rig is going into transmit. Any Ghost Busters out there looking for > work? > > Also, I'm running the output through an external peak detecting power > meter. > > During a transmission, the output power starts at around 50 W peak and if > I > get windy (say, a 3-4 minute transmission), will go to about 100 W peak > during the transmission. Current meter on my power supply starts > deflecting > > higher as the output reads higher. I have the K3 set for maximum 110 W > output. > > Thanks, > jim > > James O. "Jim" Farmer, K4BSE > 678-640-0860 > jofar...@mindspring.com (home, spam blocked) > Boss lady: http://kathysflute.com > Personal: http://home.mindspring.com/~jofarmer/index.html > "Strive for perfection, but settle for excellence." > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
