[Elecraft] Main Ant Port Degraded

2023-10-07 Thread K4PI.Mike Greenway
Using a K3 I have run into a situation that would appear to be a problem in the receiver that maybe someone can give me a clue.  For example, I have a 160 M transmit antenna, SWR 1:1, I am receiving signals but they are way down in strength compared to my RX antenna port. Background noise is 0

Re: [Elecraft] Main Ant Port Degraded

2023-10-07 Thread Michael Carter
Hi Mike, I would first reduce the TX power control for a setting less than 10 watts. That will bypass the KPA3 100 watt PA module via the relay K1 on the KPAIO3 board. If that restores your RX background signal level to be comparable to that observed when you put the same antenna on the RX Anten

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2023-10-07 Thread kevin
Good Evening,    I have seen a few groups of geese flying south.  Some are flying in V formation, but most are not.  The elk are taking advantage of the paths I opened; the ground is chewed up with hoof prints.  A bobcat or a mountain lion is using the same path. There are more color changes i