Re: [Elecraft] K2: receiving noise without antenna on certain qrgs

2004-07-12 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:48:17 -0700 (PDT), Daniel Reynolds wrote: >I have experienced intermod of local AM broadcasters as high up as 40m. Several months ago I bought and installed an ICE high pass filter (402X) for the AM broadcast band (it cuts off at about 1.7 MHz). I noticed a drop of a fe

Re: [Elecraft] K2: receiving noise without antenna on certain qrgs

2004-07-12 Thread Daniel Reynolds
I have experienced intermod of local AM broadcasters as high up as 40m. I was using a 100 ft long wire up about ten feet. It was setup one way (E-W), and it wasn't noticeable, but when I turned it the other way (N-S), I believe that it may have interacted more with the power lines several hundred f

Re: [Elecraft] K2: receiving noise without antenna on certain qrgs

2004-07-12 Thread Tom Hammond
Hi Rolf: I have noticed a similar thing for the past several years. I think what I'm receiving as 'noise' really might be either AM or FM broadcast though... as it seems to have some small amount of modulation to it. So far I have not been able to determine the cause OR the solution to the p

Re: [Elecraft] K2: receiving noise without antenna on certain qrgs

2004-07-12 Thread Donald Nesbitt
not had a chance to check out if grounding the nut has had any effect on this "feature" yet - hi 73 es gl --don n4hh K2/100 #2028 etc, etc! - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:24 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K2: receiving n

[Elecraft] K2: receiving noise without antenna on certain qrgs

2004-07-12 Thread Rolf . Schroeder
Dr OMs, currently, I am experiencing noise on certain frequencies while receiveing while no antenna is connected. To receive this noise, one has to touch the key connector. This noise can be heard on e.g. 7010 khz. We have experienced this noise with several K2 in our local ham club. Could this be