Dietmar The K3 will only operate on or near the amateur radio bands and cannot be "opened up". It does however work well on Pactor up to at least P3.
A more suitable transceiver for use on a yacht would be a Kenwood TS480SAT, the remote head makes for a neat installation. The ALC, CW keying envelope, synthesiser, etc on the 480 is vastly superior to an Icom IC706. The 480 works fine on Pactor (to P3). I have no experience of "wide banding" a 480... Using amateur equipment on marine channels is not covered by your marine licence and may leave you open to prosecution by your licensing authority... 73 Dave, G4AON (Using a K3 with SCS PTC-IIex on Pactor III) I would like to replace my old IC-706 with a K3 or KX3 (with 100 watts PA) but for that I need to know, if it is possible to send on the sailmail.com channels and on the ssb ship-ship frequencies at 4 6 8 12 and 16 mhz like my old IC706. I think, it´s not an issue like all modern transceivers have this option, but I did not found any informations how to "open" it for K3 and KX3 ______________________________________________________________ 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
