Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver

[Julie Royster]

NG5E wonders if Larry and I are new to using a VFO on the 2-meter band, but
that is not the case, and tuning does not seem to be the issue.

The Elecraft support staff (both Dale and Howard) have been quite attentive
and helpful.  They have offered to check out the K3 in its entirety.  We are
not criticizing Elecraft support.

We have heard from a few people with a similar problem.  It may well be a
function of the local repeaters, not the transverter or the K3.  We are
attempting to find out the transmit bandwidth of the repeaters in question
(which could be wider than the 13kHz filter), and we are asking another
local K3 owner to determine if he also gets distortion or clipping on the
same repeater.

73,
Julie Royster KT4JR



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[Rose]

Hi Julie,

As a repeater coordinator of 40+ years experience, I would say that
it's -highly- unlikely that the deviation of any your local repeaters are
exceeding +/- 5kHZ.  This has been the commercial and amateur
standard for decades.

Trivia:  Florida's first repeater (Tampa) was built in my shop.

73!

Ken Kopp - K0PP
Montana Frequency Coordinator

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Julie Royster <[hidden email]>wrote:

> NG5E wonders if Larry and I are new to using a VFO on the 2-meter band, but
> that is not the case, and tuning does not seem to be the issue.
>
>
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[Jim Rhodes-2]

IIRC, when I installed mine I had to touch up the offsets a bit to get good
audio. Now it sounds good transmit and receive. Got the counter out and
touched up the HF freq, then did the 2 meter. Keyed up into dummy load and
dialed in the frequency that was on the display by changing the offset.

Jim K0XU Sent from my Xoom tablet
On May 4, 2012 9:51 AM, "Julie Royster" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> NG5E wonders if Larry and I are new to using a VFO on the 2-meter band, but
> that is not the case, and tuning does not seem to be the issue.
>
> The Elecraft support staff (both Dale and Howard) have been quite attentive
> and helpful.  They have offered to check out the K3 in its entirety.  We
> are
> not criticizing Elecraft support.
>
> We have heard from a few people with a similar problem.  It may well be a
> function of the local repeaters, not the transverter or the K3.  We are
> attempting to find out the transmit bandwidth of the repeaters in question
> (which could be wider than the 13kHz filter), and we are asking another
> local K3 owner to determine if he also gets distortion or clipping on the
> same repeater.
>
> 73,
> Julie Royster KT4JR
>
>
>
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