I own several P3s and all were supplied with cables that are very susceptible to external RFI because of their very poor quality BNC connectors. I replaced the cables and my P3s have never had an RFI problem again. The Elecraft supplied cables went in the trash bin.
73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles j jr hawley" <c-haw...@illinois.edu> To: "Brian Hunt" <huntin...@coastside.net> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 5:42:07 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Standard internal Noise The coax cable supplied with the P3 at some period in time was known to be faulty. Chuck Jack KE9UW Sent from my iPhone, cjack > On Jan 3, 2019, at 11:38 AM, Brian Hunt <huntin...@coastside.net> wrote: > > I've seen that. Does putting your hand on top of the P3 change it any? Mine > did. Anyway it seems to be related to the BNC cable to the K3. I put a new > cable in and jiggled it some and it went away. If it comes back l'll build my > own cable with quality connectors and double shielded cable. YMMV > > 73, > Brian, K0DTJ > >> On Jan 3, 2019, at 05:20, Leroy Buller <lee.bul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I am trying to trace down a noise on 40 meters, but it seems to follow the >> VFO. On the P3, the noise is a gradual jump that is 6 khz wide. After the >> vfo is not used for a while, the noise disappears. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 c-haw...@illinois.edu ______________________________________________________________ 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 donov...@starpower.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
