Re: [Elecraft] Noise Blanker settings for Newbies

2016-05-15 Thread Fred Jensen
1. It really helps if you put the particular Elecraft product you're writing about in the subject line. From reading way down, it "appears" it's a K3. 2. We moved last year from a rural location [38 years] and I have no electric fences around us now. For the 38 years on "The Farm," I was

Re: [Elecraft] Noise Blanker settings for Newbies

2016-05-15 Thread Kevin Stover
You need to spend some quality book time and walk away from the radio until you understand how it works. Read and *understand* the *whole* manual once through before laying another finger on the radio. I would suggest the KE7X books as well as the manual(s). You first need to find out what versi

[Elecraft] Noise Blanker settings for Newbies

2016-05-15 Thread Mike Smith VE9AA
So it seems no matter which IF NB setting I have the rig on, the NB will invariably start to flash once I start transmitting. Maybe I don't understand what I am doing (quite possible), so this is what I am doing. See if this sounds correct. I hear my neighbours electric fence drivi

[Elecraft] Noise Blanker settings for Newbies

2016-05-14 Thread Mike Smith VE9AA
Sub 100 serial number K3 CW mode, 20m, low SWR. Mostly using the 500Hz filter. I don't know the radio at all. . . .but I press NB, twizzle with VFO A and VFO B and get things set to where I think they should be to dampen my neighbours electric fence noise, but after a couple of