I am experiencing key clicks on the sidetone with my
K2 and newly installed KPA100. They occur only when power is >10w regardless of whether in test or operate mode, and only when the key is released, not when pressed. I have found reference in the archives to a similar issue, where a change in value of C71 and C72 on the KPA100 solved it, but these posts mention a relation to the KDSP2 as well which I don't have. Any thoughts? Should I go ahead and change the value of C71 and C72, or does my lack of KDSP2 indicate that I have a different problem altogether? I have acquired parts, and plan to complete (but haven't yet) the faster QSK mod, as well as the TF3MA sidetone mod. Hopefully neither of these will inter-relate with the solution to the clicks. -Ben K1NT _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
Ben Hofmann K1NT wrote:
> I am experiencing key clicks on the sidetone with my > K2 and newly installed KPA100. They occur only when > power is >10w regardless of whether in test or operate > mode, and only when the key is released, not when > pressed. > > I have found reference in the archives to a similar > issue, where a change in value of C71 and C72 on the > KPA100 solved it, but these posts mention a relation > to the KDSP2 as well which I don't have. > > Any thoughts? Should I go ahead and change the value > of C71 and C72, or does my lack of KDSP2 indicate that > I have a different problem altogether? Do not change these components. I removed the modification when I installed the latest KPA100 mods, because I am not sure that it does not make the problem worse with the new KPA100 revision. What I suggest is trying it with the menu parameter '8r hold' both on and off and see which is better. Also see if it is quieter with t-r delay set to 0.02 or 0.03 rather than 0.00. Some people have this problem, some don't. > I have acquired parts, and plan to complete (but > haven't yet) the faster QSK mod, as well as the TF3MA > sidetone mod. Hopefully neither of these will > inter-relate with the solution to the clicks. The QSK mod won't help with the clicks that appear with the KPA100 on. If you go too far, you will introduce a different sort of 'artifact'! You can't really do too much in terms of speeding up the QSK, unfortunately. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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