Jim, If it's an issue with the S-meter, it may well be corrected by the corrected RF GAIN calibration procedure due out in the next beta release. I can send it to you to try.
Generally if you connect an antenna to three radios and one of them sounds louder, it means that radio has more gain and/or lower phase noise. The K3 has excellent sensitivity and low noise, so this wouldn't surprise me. It suggests you can run with preamp off most of the time -- that's a good thing. 73, Wayne N6KR On Oct 3, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Jim HaRRIS wrote: > > Tom, > > I have three radio's in my shack besides the K3. I've checked their > S-meters with the recommended XG1 and all have comparable readings. > All > four are equally quiet without an antenna connected and with a dummy > load > connected. When connected to an antenna the K3 has about 2 S units > more > noise indicated than the other radios connected to the same antenna > (A/B > switch) and the noise level sounds about that much louder..... ______________________________________________________________ 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
