You didn't happen to be using CW in the SSB mode? That is the K3's ability to allow you to be on SSB, hear a CW signal and call him without changing mode. This practice is quite useful on 6M.
73 de Brian/K3KO On 8/12/2012 13:43, Peter Chamalian wrote: > Thanks Cookie - the two hams who reported the chirp are long-time CW > operators who I've known for many years so I trust their feedback. In a > separate case again the op reporting the chirp is a long-time CW op too. > > > > Could this be some anomaly of propagation? That would be very odd indeed. > > > > Thanks again! > > > > Pete, W1RM > > > > From: WILLIS COOKE [mailto:wrco...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 9:14 AM > To: Peter Chamalian; elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Chirp on 6 Meters > > > > Peter, I have operated 6 meter CW and I have not had a report of chirp. I > have heard some signals that sound a bit strange because of propagation > anomalies. I have no way of knowing if this is your problem, but recently > licensed hams have not heard the chirps that were common in the 50s and > earlier so do not assume that the reports are really valid. Good luck! > > > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ& Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > _____ > > From: Peter Chamalian<w...@arrl.net> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:37 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Chirp on 6 Meters > > > If you have operated 6 meter CW and had a report of a chirp, I'd appreciate > hearing about it. > > > > I had several of them and my K3 is back at Elecraft right now for service, > but they are not able to reproduce the problem. I know there is a mod for > the synthesizer board and that was made without solving the problem. No, > it's not my power supply either - a big 50 amp Astron provides 13.77 volts > key up and 13.74 volts key down. It's not RF because when I got the report > I reduced power (external amp off) down to the point where the station could > not copy me and the chirp was still there. > > > > The strange thing is I had a local listen to my signal and it was clean. At > a later time, two reports (one from eastern MA the other from SC and I'm in > central CT) said I had a chirp. In both cases I had been on 6 for a while. > > > > Is it frequency dependent? Is it heat dependent? > > > > Again, I would appreciate hearing from you if you have had reports of a > chirp on 6 meters - what frequency were you on at the time? How long had > you been operating (was the rig getting warm?) or any other observation that > might help to pinpoint a way of duplicating the problem. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Pete, W1RM > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5195 - Release Date: 08/12/12 > > ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2437/5195 - Release Date: 08/12/12 ______________________________________________________________ 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
