Why not go to the confurgation menue and change the filter setting from 13 to 6 khz. I bet it will work.
I dont have the filter so I can not check it out. I am not sure what effect this would have on the TX width, maybe someone can check it out. ~73 Don KD8NNU On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote: > Hi Joe, > > interestingly you CAN transmit AM with the FM filter! But it just > works for one over. ;-)) Found it out by chance during the last few > weeks with the nice 10 m conditions when tuning to the AM portion of > the band. I only have the FM filter fitted (besides CW/SSB filters) > and running firmware 4.42 beta (not tested with other ones) I can > transmit in AM. Just AFTER releasing the PTT I will get an TXFILERR on > the VFOB display and will not be able to transmit anymore. You need to > power-off and on the radio then to make it work again. As that is no > good QSO practice and you probably miss a few sentences from your QSO > partner during "K3 reboot" I just did one QSO that way (and > furthermore I am not really interested in AM just wanted to try it > out). ;-)) > > Just my observations on that topic. Besides I completely agree with > you, I do not see why you should not be able (or better "allowed") to > transmit AM through the FM filter ... > > 73, Olli - DH8BQA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" > <li...@subich.com> > To: <elecraft...@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 6:13 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft_K3] Re: Close to Ordering > > >> >>> If you wish to transmit AM, you'll need a 6 kHz filter. >>> >>> If you wish to transmit FM, you'll need a 13 kHz FM filter. >> >> This still bugs me ... *WHY* won't Wayne enable AM transmit >> with the FM filter? I've run multiple tests with a spectrum >> analyzer and can find no image when I set the bandwidth of >> the FM filter to 6 KHz to enable AM and generate a test signal >> with the two-tone generator. >> >> I don't want to waste one of the limited filter slots for both >> AM and FM filters but I want to be able to transmit either mode >> if so inclined. >> >> 73, >> >> ... Joe, W4TV >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
