[UK-CONTEST] K3

[Don Beattie]

Re my posting of half an hour ago, please ignore. 

I have found the note on the Elecraft website that says they shipped some faulty boards, and - you're right - mine is one of them.

It seems to simple fix and I'll do it this afternoon after some sleep, in time for night 2 of the ARRL contest.

Sorry for the bandwidth.

73

Don, G3BJ


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Beattie 
  To: CDXC Reflector ; Uk-Contest at Contesting.Com 
  Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 8:35 AM
  Subject: K3


  Apologies for cross posting this to two reflectors, but I am seeking a bit of advice.

  I pressed my K3 into use for the ARRL 160 contest overnight, and this morning, got a report of a bad spurious +/- 18 kHz from the wanted signal. I've checked, and it's there, about 30-40 dB down.

  Has anyone experienced this, and is there a known fix ? I suspect imbalance somewhere in the first mixer/DSP. 

  Does anyone have any advice (other than to write to Elecraft !) By the way, as far as I can see, it is there on all bands.

  73

  Don, G3BJ