transverters higher in microwaves use
144-MHz IF and they are run only when portable or as a rover, so are
not used with the K3.
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Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:57:55 +0200
From: Oliver Dr?se dro...@necg.de
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Batttery life question
Hi Ed,
The KX3 is intended to provide support for at least one (and maybe
more) external transverters, including a programmable band display and
a keying line. Unlike the K3, there won't be separate transverter IN/
OUT jacks; you'll need to use a transverter with a multiplexed RX/TX
I just want an Elecraft KXM-3 ...HF/2/70 Mobile rig.10/100W
Grin...
Gary
On 27 August 2011 15:13, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote:
To each his own, but
Mike Morrow wrote:
In the 45 years I've been around ham radio, the probability that any
HF
ham rig would be used in an
I can't argue with the reasoning from either side of the camp here - if I was
in the US, but I'm not...
I'm in the UK, 30m west of London in the M4 (that’s highway/freeway, think 101)
corridor with suburbia all around, houses in the 'country' as close or closer
than those in a NY suburb and
We were thinking along the lines of 200-500 mW for the micro
transverter, if it's even possible. The regular transverter option
could be as high as 5 W. We'll see.
Wayne
N6KR
Now that sounds interesting. I run a bunch of microwave transverters from a 2m
IF at 50-100 mW and have found no
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e: [Elecraft] KX3 Batttery life question...
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I wrote:
...that any HF ham rig would be used in an emergency has been vanishingly
small...
Wayne wrote:
A few years ago a ham in Oregon broke his leg hiking. He used a KX1 to
call rescuers. I'm not kidding.
That was W7AU in 2008. It was an impressive use of the KX1. Another party
of
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Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:16 PM
To: David Ferrington, M0XDF
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Batttery life question...
On Aug 26, 2011, at 4:01 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
...might
Is there any feedback from the Beta Tester(s) regarding battery life under
operational conditions?
Inquiring minds, etc...
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Dave G KK7SS
Richland, WA
'59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it..
'65 Sprite - in process :(
'76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :)
'06 Honda Civic Hybrid
Field testing hasn't officially started yet, other than testing of the
four units in use by the design team. But I can give you some estimates.
Receive-mode current drain will typically be 130-170 mA depending on
supply voltage, backlight level, whether the preamp is on, etc. So a
2500
Wayne,
Fabulous VBG
Sounds perfect for the operating conditions I'm considering - portable, 5W,
internal pack, 2M, ATU and ???
Many thanks... (still drooling!)
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Dave G KK7SS
Richland, WA
'59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it..
'65 Sprite - in process :(
'76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son
Dave KK7SS wrote:
Fabulous VBG
Sounds perfect for the operating conditions I'm considering -
portable, 5W, internal pack, 2M, ATU and ???
Hi Dave,
As I mentioned awhile back, the internal 2-meter option and the
internal ATU are probably going to be mutually-exclusive. You could
always
Hi Wayne,
please don't sacrifice performance. The internal 2 m transverter should at
least have 5 watts output to be useful for normal 2 m applications, 10 W
would be even better but I'm not sure this is doable with the space limits.
;-))
A very low power 2 m transverter (10 mW?) is probably not
When I lived in the SF Bay area I carried a 2-meter FM HT that I could use
to access several repeaters in the area running 100 mW into a 5/8 wave
mag-mount on the car. One of my favorite bits of fun with it was that
whenever I was on top of Mount Diablo to service a commercial repeater, I'd
take a
We were thinking along the lines of 200-500 mW for the micro
transverter, if it's even possible. The regular transverter option
could be as high as 5 W. We'll see.
Wayne
N6KR
On Aug 26, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Oliver Dröse wrote:
Hi Wayne,
please don't sacrifice performance. The internal 2 m
Ah - good news since ATU is paramount to me, but 2m is important too
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108, KX3 #???
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But I'm not so sure about the universe. -- Albert Einstein.
On 26 Aug 2011, at 21:34, Wayne Burdick wrote:
Dave KK7SS
Hard choices all around! I, too, am looking forward to having a
single rig that I can use for HF-2m field ops, and would end up giving up
the ATU for 2m. 'Course, I'd rather give up the internal batteries and
have both 2m and an HF ATU :). Everyone's style is different.
On Fri, 26
Jessie Oberreuter wrote:
I, too, am looking forward to having a single rig that I can use for
HF-2m field ops, and would end up giving up the ATU for 2m.
I could easily do without two-meter capability on the KX3. About all I
(rarely) use VHF or UHF for is FM mode, and I like to be able to use
Well, I have to say, the possibility of putting options in the battery space,
making the internal battery an option, appeals to me too.
Then a good 2m transverter could go in the battery space and still be room for
the ATU, might even be able to put the 100w PA in place of the battery, which
On Aug 26, 2011, at 4:01 PM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
...might even be able to put the 100w PA in place of the battery
Unfortunately, no. The KX3's normal low-pass filters are rated at 15
W, as is the ATU.
The battery is very important; it makes the KX3 an all-in-one unit
that
No Guarantees?? No Sweat ! Grin
I'm sure I'll be able to live with whatever comes out of the think-tank ;)
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Dave G KK7SS
Richland, WA
'59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it..
'65 Sprite - in process :(
'76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :)
'06 Honda Civic Hybrid
Make that the possible-practical tank. The think-tank can contain
many things that are great ideas, but are not possible given the
limitations of cost to the end-buyer coupled with the profits due to the
developers. We have to live in the real world, and that is not the
ideal world in all
I take my KX1 on backpacking trips, and see internal batteries in
anything like a KX1 or KX3 as indispensable!
Internal battery power helps to keep rig setup quick and easy. I like
using internal AA lithium batteries in the KX1 because they are light
weight and will power the rig for a very long
None of the arguments below will change anyone's outlook, but...
Wayne wrote:
The battery is very important; it makes the KX3 an all-in-one unit
that you can quickly deploy in an emergency, ...
In the 45 years I've been around ham radio, the probability that any HF
ham rig would be used in
To each his own, but
Mike Morrow wrote:
In the 45 years I've been around ham radio, the probability that any
HF
ham rig would be used in an emergency has been vanishingly small, with
the highest probabilities having been 45 years ago, not today
A few years ago a ham in Oregon
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