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Ian, NV4C

KX2 Drift During Field Day

All,

I have KX2 s/n 2862. I noticed while operating Field Day that, about
every 15 minutes, it would drift down 1 Hz. Has anyone else ever seen
this in their KX2? I will admit it is possible this was just the effect
of RF getting back into the rig, but at 10W, I'm not really sure where
enough would come from to cause an issue.

Thanks and 73,

Ian, NV4C

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k6dgw

Re: KX2 Drift During Field Day

Was it in the sun?

73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 6/29/2020 3:35 PM, Ian Kahn, NV4C wrote:

Ian, NV4C

Re: KX2 Drift During Field Day

Not directly. I was outside, but under a pop-up canopy.

Thanks and 73,

Ian, NV4C

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 7:39 PM Fred Jensen <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Was it in the sun?
>
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> On 6/29/2020 3:35 PM, Ian Kahn, NV4C wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I have KX2 s/n 2862. I noticed while operating Field Day that, about
> > every 15 minutes, it would drift down 1 Hz. Has anyone else ever seen
> > this in their KX2? I will admit it is possible this was just the
> > effect of RF getting back into the rig, but at 10W, I'm not really
> > sure where enough would come from to cause an issue.
> >
> > Thanks and 73,
> >
> > Ian, NV4C
>
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Jay Rutherford-3

Re: KX2 Drift During Field Day

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ONE Hertz??

73
Jay K3BH

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, at 18:35, Ian Kahn, NV4C wrote:

WILLIE BABER

Re: KX2 Drift During Field Day

1 hz? My hallicrafters crystal controlled oscillator was rated less than 400 hz an hour drift after warm- up (it will do much better than that after 1 hour of warmup), That was considered very stable in 1962. I still use it in short qsos where I barely hear 10 hz of drift in 5 minutes, after an one hour warmup.

How soon we forget!

73, will, wj9b

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On Monday, June 29, 2020, 06:21:33 PM MDT, Jay Rutherford <[hidden email]> wrote:

ONE Hertz??

73
Jay K3BH

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, at 18:35, Ian Kahn, NV4C wrote:

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Richard Corfield

Re: KX2 Drift During Field Day

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Are you talking about the output frequency as measured on another device?
Or the numeric readout on the radio's own display?

I've seen shifts in some situations on 2m, which I think was RF getting
into it. If you turn off Mic Up/Down button control maybe it will help
there.

I've had issues where I knocked the dial before. Oops.

- Richard

On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 23:37, Ian Kahn, NV4C <[hidden email]> wrote:

> All,
>
> I have KX2 s/n 2862. I noticed while operating Field Day that, about
> every 15 minutes, it would drift down 1 Hz. Has anyone else ever seen
> this in their KX2? I will admit it is possible this was just the effect
> of RF getting back into the rig, but at 10W, I'm not really sure where
> enough would come from to cause an issue.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Ian, NV4C
>
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Ian, NV4C

Re: KX2 Drift During Field Day

Richard,

Drift was seen on the KX2 digital display, and indicated by concomitant
very mild audio distortion from being slightly off frequency.

I am perfectly willing to accept that I may have just been getting a small
bit of RFI, but was just curious if anyone else has seen this behavior
before.

Thanks and 73,

Ian, NV4C

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 6:14 AM Richard Corfield <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Are you talking about the output frequency as measured on another device?
> Or the numeric readout on the radio's own display?
>
> I've seen shifts in some situations on 2m, which I think was RF getting
> into it. If you turn off Mic Up/Down button control maybe it will help
> there.
>
> I've had issues where I knocked the dial before. Oops.
>
> - Richard
>
>
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2020 at 23:37, Ian Kahn, NV4C <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I have KX2 s/n 2862. I noticed while operating Field Day that, about
>> every 15 minutes, it would drift down 1 Hz. Has anyone else ever seen
>> this in their KX2? I will admit it is possible this was just the effect
>> of RF getting back into the rig, but at 10W, I'm not really sure where
>> enough would come from to cause an issue.
>>
>> Thanks and 73,
>>
>> Ian, NV4C
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
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