The K3 can be opened up, but I believe you must have a USA ham license before Elecraft will give you a way to do it. Contact Elecraft Support about it.
73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:26:43 +0000, Dave <dave.g4...@gmail.com> wrote: >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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
