Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread Hank P
te at low frequencies- at least so far . Hank K7HP -Original Message- From: Richard - HB9ANM Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 12:58 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable? Well, this is surprising, t

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread Richard - HB9ANM
Well, this is surprising, to say the least. Inasmuch as it seems to have happened in several places. I normally don't post remarks of the "no-problem-here" sort but I don't think this has anything to do with RFI or inductance. Neither are ferrite chokes likely to solve the problem. My K3->KPA50

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread Jim Miller
adjusting the length of the Jumper, the Impedance is adjusted accordingly. 73 Milverton. From: James kvochick To: "N2TK, Tony" Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fi

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread ke9uw
The RF in the shack answer always makes me think that if I put RF in the shack of someone on the other side of the country, then I surely have RF in my shack too. I think the real question is if the RF in the shack, everybody's shack, getting into something like the mic wiring or it's preamp. When

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread Milverton M. Swire via Elecraft
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable? We tried all the normal "common mode" tricks, but the feedline length appeared to be the most effective. Jim K8JK Sent from my iPad > On Nov 19, 20

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread Jim Miller
On Behalf Of > Jim > > Kvochick > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:16 PM > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > Cc: k...@att.net > > Subject: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax > > cable? > > > > I've stumbled into a

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread James kvochick
> Subject: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax > cable? > > I've stumbled into a strange problem. > > I have 4 friends with similar K3 stations to my own; K3 >>> KPA500 >>> > KAT500. The stations are powered with simil

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread N2TK, Tony
: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: k...@att.net Subject: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable? I've stumbled into a strange problem. I have 4 friends with similar K3 stations to my own; K3 >>> KPA500 >>> KAT500. The stations are powered with

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-19 Thread Andrew Hebden
Hi Jim, We had a very similar situation a couple of years ago at our local club station which was using Yaesu kit and a MFJ ATU. We had relocated the station and used different (shorter) coax to wire it all up. We encountered various problems the main one being a high SWR. The cables were checked b

[Elecraft] Strange K3 & KPA500 Issues fixed with a longer coax cable?

2014-11-18 Thread Jim Kvochick
I've stumbled into a strange problem. I have 4 friends with similar K3 stations to my own; K3 >>> KPA500 >>> KAT500. The stations are powered with similar power sources. One station sounds fine, works great. The other 4 had strange issues that manifested themselves as audio distortion when runn