Fred, I only felt bad for a few moments but after a flood of responses all saying the same thing (check RX ant enable) I realized that this was likely a more common problem instead of thinking that I was a clown not knowing immediately what it was.
But, the worse part is how stumped I was at first. I was staring at the K3 display looking for some clues. I checked the Antenna to make sure I was on Ant1 (I don't have anything on Ant2 but that would have affected TX anyway) but while looking at Ant1 display on the K3 I saw the RX displayed right next to it. I remember saying to myself "What is that doing there?". For some reason, of all the past times I stared at that K3 display screen looking for the problem I was oblivious to the fact that RX antenna was enabled. I then disabled it and went to the computer to post a message to the board that I found the problem only to see Rick's message pop up right in front of me at that very moment. 73, phil, K7PEH On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Fred Smith <m...@mo-net.com> wrote: > Phil > > Don't feel bad I did the exact same thing this morning, had my receiving > antenna on when on 160m then went to 20m same thing. > > It took me 15 min to find what I had done all the time right in front of me. > > 73, > Fred/N0AZZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2013 10:33 AM > To: Rick Prather > Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net List > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Attenuation on Receive of 20 meter band only > problem. > > Rick, > > I just now discovered the RX antenna on. I mean, Just seconds before your > message came in. But, thanks for the quick response and the correct answer. > > There are so many features on the K3, sometimes finding the problem is more > time-consuming. > > thanks, > 73, phil, K7PEH > > > On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Rick Prather <k6limae...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Phil, >> >> Do you have your RX ANT button engaged on 20M? >> >> Rick >> K6LE >> >> On 3/3/2013, at 8:29 , Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> I just realized that there is some heavy attenuation of received signals > on my K3 for the 20 meter band. I thought the band was dead this morning > which seems unusual since this is a big SSB DX contest. My other bands are > busy as you would expect and I have made a number of DX contacts on 15 and > 10 meters this weekend. >>> >>> But, I turned on my Icom Pro III and with the very same antenna as used > by the K3 (a Traffie Hexbeam) the 20 meter band came alive and was full of > signals. These DO NOT appear at all on my K3. >>> >>> This is the 20 meter band only. It does not appear to affect transmit as > far as I can tell. I can transmit into my antenna through the KAT500 and I > have the low SWR (about 1.2:1) and my LP100A reads the right amount of power > output (key down). >>> >>> Is this some setting I screwed up accidentally in the past or is there > something that could go wrong to result in single band RECEIVE attenuation > in the K3. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> 73, phil, K7PEH >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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: 2012.0.2238 / Virus Database: 2641/5644 - Release Date: 03/03/13 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
