poor 2m reception on KX3

[Eric Garner]

I just purchased a KX3-2M 2m transverter module for my KX3. After
installing it I'm finding that I have very poor 2m FM (I have not tried
SSB) reception. A station just north of me that usually pegs the S-Meter on
every other radio I own is down in the S3-S4 region and barely copyable.
Receiving on my TH-D72 concurrently to the KX3 is fine.

I have double checked that my connections to the antenna are sound. I have
swapped antennas between my HT and my KX3 (both are using a Diamond
SRH77CA) with no improvement. Since the 2m module uses the 6m band as it's
IF I've confirmed that 6m FM works as expected.

Does anyone have other troubleshooting steps that might be of use before I
contact elecraft?

Thanks
--
--Eric
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[Eric Garner]

Following Scott McDonald's off list suggestion I went through with the
cover off and wiggled the coax internal to the KX3 hoping to find an
intermittent connection. I ended up discovering a kink in the coax from the
antenna connector to the 2m board. I'm going to replace that and see if
that was the issue.

-Eric

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:16 PM Eric Garner <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I just purchased a KX3-2M 2m transverter module for my KX3. After
> installing it I'm finding that I have very poor 2m FM (I have not tried
> SSB) reception. A station just north of me that usually pegs the S-Meter on
> every other radio I own is down in the S3-S4 region and barely copyable.
> Receiving on my TH-D72 concurrently to the KX3 is fine.
>
> I have double checked that my connections to the antenna are sound. I have
> swapped antennas between my HT and my KX3 (both are using a Diamond
> SRH77CA) with no improvement. Since the 2m module uses the 6m band as it's
> IF I've confirmed that 6m FM works as expected.
>
> Does anyone have other troubleshooting steps that might be of use before I
> contact elecraft?
>
> Thanks
> --
> --Eric
> _________________________________________
> Eric Garner
>

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--Eric
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