It appears that the folks who can't hear the wow-wow zero beat note are failing to turn on SPOT as specified in the K3 Owner's Manual for Method 2.
Zero-beating the SPOT sidetone against the signal doesn't require hearing low tones, only hearing the amplitude modulation (wow-wow) of the sidetone as zero beat is approached. The variation in amplitude is easily heard; it sounds just like severe QSB or "picket fencing." The procedure works best if the monitor sidetone (SPOT) level is set about as loud as the comparison WWV signal, using the front-panel MON control. I frequently find it necessary to turn SPOT back on as I tweak my Ref Osc. For whatever reason, SPOT often turns itself off, at least for me. 73, Paul W8TM Eric WA6HHQ sed: > Is your RX EQ set to roll off lower freqs? The 1-5 Hz zero beat note is > easily heard when listening to the WWV carrier beating against the CW > spot tone on the K3. ______________________________________________________________ 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
