[Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz
After upgrading to MCU 04.83 I have a strong birdie (S6) on 28004.560 kHz. I think I read about someone having the same, just only a short while after power ON. This one is constantly present and is quite annoying. What is causing it and how may it be removed? /oz4un Paul __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz
Quite annoying? Really? Far too much fuss over one tiny spot in a very large band! K0PP On Feb 24, 2014 4:23 AM, Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) p...@telepost.gl wrote: After upgrading to MCU 04.83 I have a strong birdie (S6) on 28004.560 kHz. I think I read about someone having the same, just only a short while after power ON. This one is constantly present and is quite annoying. What is causing it and how may it be removed? /oz4un Paul __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz
You may say that - I do not share your view. /Paul Fra: Ken G Kopp [mailto:kengk...@gmail.com] Sendt: 24. februar 2014 15:46 Til: Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA); elecraft@mailman.qth.net Emne: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz Quite annoying? Really? Far too much fuss over one tiny spot in a very large band! K0PP On Feb 24, 2014 4:23 AM, Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) p...@telepost.glmailto:p...@telepost.gl wrote: After upgrading to MCU 04.83 I have a strong birdie (S6) on 28004.560 kHz. I think I read about someone having the same, just only a short while after power ON. This one is constantly present and is quite annoying. What is causing it and how may it be removed? /oz4un Paul __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.netmailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz
Some KAT500 users have reported this. There is an Idle Sleep configuration option in the KAT500 Utility that helps this. Test first by removing the KAT500 power plug to see of that's the issue. I don't know if you have a KAT500... 73 de Dick, K6KR On Feb 24, 2014, at 3:23, Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) p...@telepost.gl wrote: After upgrading to MCU 04.83 I have a strong birdie (S6) on 28004.560 kHz. I think I read about someone having the same, just only a short while after power ON. This one is constantly present and is quite annoying. What is causing it and how may it be removed? /oz4un Paul __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz
Well this is not a small birdie and it is very obnoxious. It is S7 here. My KAT has had it from day one and my SN is in the 30's. I reported it back when the unit was 1st put in service. Recently when the issue surfaced here again I sent in a copy of my prior correspondence on it to Elecraft. Wayne had posted a comment on the list that the solution was to move the the MCU crystal slightly to shift it out of the ham band. He sent me a direct email that they are working on the best way to accomplish this and would post the solution when available. So there was an answer from the Main Man. Once again not an approach that we would have received from the big 3. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) K2TKR On 2/24/2014 9:45 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Quite annoying? Really? Far too much fuss over one tiny spot in a very large band! K0PP On Feb 24, 2014 4:23 AM, Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) p...@telepost.gl wrote: After upgrading to MCU 04.83 I have a strong birdie (S6) on 28004.560 kHz. I think I read about someone having the same, just only a short while after power ON. This one is constantly present and is quite annoying. What is causing it and how may it be removed? /oz4un Paul __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz
Yes, we're definitely working on a way to move the crystal frequency. (This applies to both the KAT500 and the KXPA100.) I'll post again once we have modification kits ready. 73, Wayne N6KR On Feb 24, 2014, at 9:19 AM, Bob k...@att.net wrote: Well this is not a small birdie and it is very obnoxious. It is S7 here. My KAT has had it from day one and my SN is in the 30's. I reported it back when the unit was 1st put in service. Recently when the issue surfaced here again I sent in a copy of my prior correspondence on it to Elecraft. Wayne had posted a comment on the list that the solution was to move the the MCU crystal slightly to shift it out of the ham band. He sent me a direct email that they are working on the best way to accomplish this and would post the solution when available. So there was an answer from the Main Man. Once again not an approach that we would have received from the big 3. 73, Bob K2TK ex KN2TKR (1956) K2TKR On 2/24/2014 9:45 AM, Ken G Kopp wrote: Quite annoying? Really? Far too much fuss over one tiny spot in a very large band! K0PP On Feb 24, 2014 4:23 AM, Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) p...@telepost.gl wrote: After upgrading to MCU 04.83 I have a strong birdie (S6) on 28004.560 kHz. I think I read about someone having the same, just only a short while after power ON. This one is constantly present and is quite annoying. What is causing it and how may it be removed? /oz4un Paul __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Birdie 28004.560 kHz
Wes, The level of corrosion shown in your photos is so bizarre that it is of general scientific interest. Therefore, I'm going to replace your board at no charge just so we can see if it happens again. Despite the 6% humidity. Please call CS to make the arrangements. Tell them Wayne sent you. 73, Wayne N6KR On Feb 24, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Wes (N7WS) w...@triconet.org wrote: I've added a couple of more photos. The center pin is most assuredly there. I wanted the juxtaposition to show the difference in metallurgy between the cable connector and the socket, and demonstrate that the photo color balance wasn't coloring (sorry) the issue. The other photo show the mother board and although it is more difficult to see the connectors in the photo, to the eye, the difference between the XREF board connectors and the ones on the motherboard of obvious. Replacing the cables wouldn't hurt, however, IMHO it's the XREF board that really needs replacing. All of these connectors reside in the same air-conditioned, non-humidified environment. The day I wrote my original (unanswered email) the RH in Tucson was 6%. The only time this radio has been out of this environment is when it spent two months at Aptos getting birth defects fixed. Wes N7WS __ 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
