Re: [Elecraft] [k3] Audio distortion on strong CW signals - after a while

2011-01-29 Thread Robby.VY2SS
I noticed this for the first time in the 160M contest last night. It almost sounds like aurora or a faulty relay at the transmit station. I switch to the RX ant and everything was fine. I used my beverage a lot even to the USA because of this. I found that when I had a chance to reboot the K3 the

Re: [Elecraft] [k3] Audio distortion on strong CW signals - after a while

2011-01-29 Thread Robby.VY2SS
Oops. I managed to get throught the snow to inspect my vertical and found the connection to the feedpoint was broken off and barely touching the bottom of the radiator depending on the whim of the wind. Hoping for a big improvement tonight. -Robby -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] [k3] Audio distortion on strong CW signals - after a while

2011-01-24 Thread Pete Smith
will do. 73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 1/23/2011 12:24 PM, Barry N1EU wrote: Pete, please

[Elecraft] [k3] Audio distortion on strong CW signals - after a while

2011-01-23 Thread Pete Smith
This is something I have noticed in contests recently, and just now in a qso with a strong local - after a few minutes, the audio becomes distorted, what we used to call a T7 note. I have read about distortion caused by banging up against the audio limiter, but this happens even at very low

Re: [Elecraft] [k3] Audio distortion on strong CW signals - after a while

2011-01-23 Thread Barry N1EU
Pete, please try and record a .wav file when your rig is doing this so we can all hear Barry N1EU Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: after a few minutes, the audio becomes distorted -- View this message in context: