I have not tried it, and it may not work well on an SSB rig due to the BFO. When I was just a young squirt, we used to slope-detect FM on our good old Heathkit Benton Harbor Lunchboxes which were broad as a hanger door, and other AM rceivers(Gooney Boxes, etc.). Worked pretty well, but there was no BFO to contend with. The BFO will no doubt cause a beat-note which could be quite annoying while trying to slope-detect FM. Perhaps a way to defeat or turn off the BFO? May not be practical on the K2, just a thought. BTW, as I understand it, slope-detection means that one tunes the FM signal such that the signal is down on the "slope" of the IF response curve, which causes the detector to act as an FM detector to an extent, recovering audio from an FM signal. If any of the above is wrong, I am most willing to be corrected!

73 de John N4FLJ

seumasd wrote:
Hi

Any possibility of FM facility for the K2?    Preferably on both RX and TX, but 
on RX only would be handy especially when using transverters on VHF.

73                JimD, GM3UAG
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