Topband: K3 help requested

[GeorgeWallner]

Luc,

The K3 some coupling between the ANTENNA 1 and the RX ANT 
ports. The attenuation is around 50 dB. Normally this is 
not a problem, as the band noise on RX ANT is higher than 
the signals leaking through from the TX antenna. Try 
disconnecting the TX antenna cable to see if the signals 
go away.

George, AA7JV


On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:38:49 -0700 (PDT)
  luc kerkhofs <luckerkhofs at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>From: luc kerkhofs <luckerkhofs at yahoo.com>
> To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" 
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> Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 11:38 PM
> Subject: help requested
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> Hi all,
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> I think I may have a problem with my K3 . I was checking 
>my beverage antennas last week and I decided to see
> if I could hear signals on my coaxes going to the 
>beverages .
> 
> At night I can hear signals up to S5 on 80 m with 50 
>feet of coax connected to the receive input jack , coax 
>end is open and is going underground except for the last 
>8 feet .
> I have band reject filters inline on my TX antennas and 
>when I manually switch the filter and TX antenna to a 
>different band 
> I can barely detect the stations that were S5 before . I 
>tried the same with my other radio and the stations I 
>hear are not moving
> the S meter .  
> Did I do something wrong in assembling the radio ? 
> 
> Thanks for helping out
> 
> 73
> Luc
> ON4IA
> All good topband ops know fine whiskey is a daylight 
>beverage.
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