I should have mentioned that the K3's receive level is normal. Preamp is off and attenuator is off. S-meter levels on the K3 receiver are normal. The problem I'm seeing is only in the IF connection.
Dave K8JDC On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Dave C <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using an AFEDRI SDR as a panadapter for my K3 for about a year > now using HDSDR. I use it every day but when I powered things up > yesterday, the panadapter connection has suddenly experienced a lot of > attenuation. I don't know at this point if the issue is in the K3 IF > output or the AFEDRI input. The AFEDRI has adjustable RF gain and I can > still see the signals if I crank the RF gain to the max but I have lost on > the order of 20 dB in the IF connection. (I normally run the AFEDRI with > about 20 dB of gain but I have to crank it up to 40 dB now to see the > signals from the K3). > > I've tried rebooting things and checked the first layer of things like the > coax cable but I haven't found the cause of this big attenuation. I went > into the K3 menu and toggled the KXV3 off and on but that didn't help > either. > > Thought I would ask if anybody has experienced attenuation like this in > the K3's IF output. > > Dave > K8JDC > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
