As many of you know, I gave my V6 to my son in Sacramento, CA. He's an avid QRPer and would rather make a contact with low power/QRP than with a kilowatt.
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His first impression is that the radio is great. I ordered two AGC boards (will arrive on Tuesday) and plan to send one of them to him for his V6
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However, I got a message from him today and he said:
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The uBITX radio was acting funny yesterday after work. The receiver was full of am carriers. Even on 80 way early in the afternoon long before the band ever opened. Hope it¡¯s not acting up. May go to HRO next week and buy a little manual antenna tuner to dedicate to the qrp radios.
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Since he lives in Sacramento and there are some industry and hospitals not far from where he lives, I suspect there is some RF generated and he's hearing some harmonics. Since radios shine best (for him) on some mountaintop away from the city, I hope this will be the answer. I know the V6 is not a $1000 radio with technology that reduces/eliminates most interference, some design idiosyncrasies have to be endured and this is one area where the price of the radio has been kept low compared to radios designed for country club elites. Otherwise, I'd not be able to afford one. Ha
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Does anyone have other ideas regarding the signals he heard? I told him to try it again later to see if the signals are still there ... or what!
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I have heard others comment re the radio being bothered, sometimes, with strong signals but to be flooded with what seems to be harmonics is a new one on me ... BUT I do not have vast experience with the V6 and the uBITX radios in general as some in this forum do.
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Bob ¡ª KK5R
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Bob Lunsford