It certainly left the factory working on 17 meters, because we do a 100% test on all bands for TX harmonic suppression. My working theory is that the unit was damaged in shipping. We may never know.
73, Wayne N6KR On Oct 18, 2016, at 2:51 PM, n...@comcast.net wrote: > Hi Eric, > Just curious/devils advocate question. Was this unit that was reviewed, > picked at random from stock at Elecraft? If so, or not, wouldn't it's > performance be reflective of a population of other units manufactured? Just > curious how you can say all others shipped were/are OK on 17, when the review > unit was not? > > Just asking. > > Also curious, when radios are factory built and aligned, does Elecraft keep > some kind of history data base of performance measurements of hose radios. > kind od like a Certificate of Analysis/Performance, of specifications? > > Thanks and 73, Gene N9TF > K3S 10057 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <e...@elecraft.com> > To: "Jim Rogers" <jim.w4...@gmail.com>, "elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 2:10:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S QST Article > > Hi Jim - The 17 m harmonic problem was limited to the single review unit, > which > we corrected. All others shipped were/are OK on 17M. > > 73, > > Eric > /elecraft.com/ > > On 10/18/2016 11:38 AM, Jim Rogers wrote: >> To all who responded, certainly my friend Don and others.... >> >> "During initial testing, we found that the second harmonic on 17 meters >> measured 42 dB below the fundamental, well below the specified >50 dB we >> measured on the other bands. We returned the transceiver to Elecraft for >> repair and they brought it into spec." Bob Allison, WB1GCM Assistant ARRL >> Laboratory Manager, QST (Nov 2016) p.50 sidebar. >> >> Elecraft K3s Operators manual pg. 9 "Harmonic Spurious Outputs >50 dB below >> carrier @ 100W (>60 dB on 6 meters). >> >> Just sayin' if that is the case with my K3s s/n 10271, send me the necessary >> board/module(s) to correct the situation and I will be more than happy to >> make >> the replacement in my K3s and return the defective units to Elecraft for >> rework. Just don't ask me to send the whole radio back for something I can >> accomplish in the field. >> >> I am not angry, perhaps a bit dissappointed. I love my K-Line, which >> originated with a K3 and when the K3s came out, I elected to buy a K3s >> rather >> than upgrade my K3. Tell me my radio meets the spec and does not need repair >> to meet the spec and I am a happy camper. >> >> Jim, W4ATK >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to eric.swa...@elecraft.com >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to n...@comcast.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
