[Elecraft] P3 SVGA - Spurious Spike

2015-03-08 Thread Dauer, Edward
Just installed the SVGA option in the P3 and have an odd spike appearing on the screen. Any help would be appreciated. Here are the symptoms: The spike appears at 11.8 KHz above the VFO A frequency, and stays at that distance as VFO A is tuned - that is, it moves as VFO A moves. It appears on 1

Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA - Spurious Spike

2015-03-08 Thread Mike K2MK
Hi Ted, Do an archive search for the string: SVGA ribbon cable Review the posts and see if they bear any similarity to what you are now experiencing. I think the gist of the thread was that placement of the ribbon cable could be the cause of spurious spikes. 73, Mike K2MK Dauer, Edward wrote

Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA - Spurious Spike

2015-03-08 Thread Bill
There was also a problem with the BNC cable feeding the P3. I experienced that and merely changed to a mil spec cable. That cured the problem. No idea what caused the problem, but that cured it. Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing li