Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-13 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
Is this only on one end of the band, high or low, or is it constant across the entire band? On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 10:01 PM, cbscholl sch...@scholl.org wrote: I bought the radio used earlier in the year. I believe that it is sn in late 2000 but it was to factory in 2010 for upgrades. I

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-13 Thread cbscholl
I honestly do not know. I have only listened in ssb band. I have listed up at top or down in cq. I will try. Barney On Nov 13, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Guy, K2AV [via Elecraft] ml-node+s365791n6990641...@n2.nabble.com wrote: Is this only on one end of the band, high or low, or is it constant

[Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread cbscholl
I believe that I am hearing raspy or slightly distorted audio on receive on my K3. It has current mods. I have noticed the problem only on 15 meters. The other band seem fine. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Barney -- View this message in context:

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
Is the noise blanker on? Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 11/12/2011 5:34 PM, cbscholl wrote: I believe that I am hearing raspy or slightly distorted audio on receive on my K3. It has current mods. I have noticed the

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread cbscholl
That was the first thing I looked at. Barney On Nov 12, 2011, at 7:39 PM, w0mu [via Elecraft] ml-node+s365791n6988937...@n2.nabble.com wrote: Is the noise blanker on? Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Barney, The most common cause for problems of that nature is RF feedback in the shack. If you have another receiver, listen to the transmitted audio while the K3 is connected to a dummy load. If there are no problems with that configuration, take a serious look at your antenna system for

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread cbscholl
Why would rf feedback be causing an issue on receive? Barney On Nov 12, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Don Wilhelm-4 [via Elecraft] ml-node+s365791n6989005...@n2.nabble.com wrote: Barney, The most common cause for problems of that nature is RF feedback in the shack. If you have another receiver,

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Whoops, I did not catch that on the first reading. I concede and have no easy answers. Even so, the SSB demodulation in the K3 is not band dependent either, so a good look at your antenna system and consideration for the reception of interfering signals from consumer devices are prime

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
The only distortion I have seen is with the NB on which he said he checked. Is this an early version of the radio? Maybe this is a case of oxidation on the connectors. Only hearing it one band makes this a very interesting problem. Mike W0MU J6M CQ WW DX CW Contest 2011 J6/W0MU November 21

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio on ssb on one band

2011-11-12 Thread cbscholl
I bought the radio used earlier in the year. I believe that it is sn in late 2000 but it was to factory in 2010 for upgrades. I listened on same antenna with ic-765 and no issues. Are there and settings which are band dependent that could be causing the problem? Barney On Nov 12, 2011, at

[Elecraft] Raspy Audio

2010-03-22 Thread Steve Anne Ray
I have run into the first problem with my K2 S/N 1422, which has the latest firmware and mods. I built it back in 2000 and not had any problems with it till a few weeks ago. It now has an intermittent problem of receiving and transmitting a very raspy audio. It is not caused by AC magnetic

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy Audio

2010-03-22 Thread Bill K9YEQ
Ouch, that hurts. Don, will probably have a solution. Just wanted to get to you ASAP with an idea. Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: Steve Anne Ray [mailto:sbr...@cox.net] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 4:16 PM To: 'Bill K9YEQ' Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Raspy Audio No this is both

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy Audio

2010-03-22 Thread Don Wilhelm
Steve, Based on your sharp whack cure, but yes, that does usually indicate a solder problem (or something loose). I would first check RFC15 on the bottom of the board - it is connected to pin 16 of U4 - check it with an ohmeter, even if it is open, it will measure 5 volts on both ends. Since

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy Audio

2010-03-22 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Steve, Another cause of intermittent raspy audio during both transmit and receive could be a dicey solder joint in the KSB2's crystal filter circuit. If one of the bandwidth settings you have chosen for the variable bandwidth crystal filter is 1.8 kHz or wider, try switching to this filter

[Elecraft] Raspy audio from K2 - conclusion

2006-12-17 Thread John R. Lonigro
Well, despite not thinking I'd have time to correct my K2 raspy audio until after the holidays, I managed to squeeze in a little time early this morning and here's what I discovered: 1) There is probably nothing wrong with the K2 or the KSB2 board, as far as wiring is concerned. 2) Don

RE: [Elecraft] Raspy audio from K2 - conclusion

2006-12-17 Thread Don Wilhelm
John, You have substantiated that the problem was a BFO alignment problem. I would strongly urge you to check the FL1 passband using Spectrogram just to be certain you have the BFOs set correctly. It is easier to use than to tell you how to do it. There are instructions for using Spectrogram in

[Elecraft] Raspy Audio from K2

2006-12-14 Thread William Shappley
for the listening rig to hear. Try it on the air before you get too deep into troubleshooting. 73, Bill K4DXU KX1 #702 K2 #5540 Message: 2 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:14:58 -0600 From: John R. Lonigro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Elecraft] Raspy audio from K2 To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message

[Elecraft] Raspy audio from K2

2006-12-13 Thread John R. Lonigro
I recently finished building the KSB2 and did the alignment on the filters. Everything seems to be working as advertised, except on transmit my voice sounds raspy. I haven't had time to dig into the problem yet, but I did try 3 separate mics and got the same result. For my test, I

Re: [Elecraft] Raspy audio from K2

2006-12-13 Thread Trevor Day
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John R. Lonigro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I recently finished building the KSB2 and did the alignment on the filters. Everything seems to be working as advertised, except on transmit my voice sounds raspy. I haven't had time to dig into the problem yet, but I did