Um, guy's, I am surrounded by millions of acres of real estate and one 2M repeater...:-)
I would need an eleventeen element yagi on a massive boom to just key it sometimes from some of the places I frequent...not a worth while investment for a three thousand dollar radio when my trusty old Yucksu 2M set get's used once in a blue moon..:-) On a more serious note though, I know of one K3 out here with the 2M module and it works quite well but Oz is not really the place where a 70cm option would sell well..I think Now if you guys were asking for 4 antenna inputs (tx/rx) that would sure get my attention...hence I am eagerly awaiting the desktop/remote tuner that is coming. Wouldn't that be nice to be able to squeeze inside a K3...wow!!! That would get me running for the check book...:-) 73's I gotta go do some DX on 20M Gary On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Johnny Siu <vr2...@yahoo.com.hk> wrote: > Hello James and Gary, > > It is a good idea of K440XV. However, we have to look at the price as > well. If > you just want something in the FM mode, any price near the K144XV could be > expensive. Any FM mobile rig will give you the answer. > > If you go for a real UHF based station, the frequency and power stability > of > K440XV are of primary importance. > cheers, > > > Johnny VR2XMC > > > > ----- 郵件原件 ---- > 寄件人﹕ James Sarte <k2qi....@gmail.com> > 收件人﹕ Gary Gregory <garyvk...@gmail.com> > 副本(CC) Elecraft <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > 傳送日期﹕ 2010/11/13 (六) 1:10:01 PM > 主題： Re: [Elecraft] OT: K440XV? > > That's a good point Gary. One big difference and advantage with the K3 > though is its modular construction. If an internal transverter were to go > kaput, I imagine that one could just disable it in the settings until its > repaired or replaced. HF would still work fine. That may not be the case > with something like the TS-2000 or Icom's upcoming IC-9100. > > Personally, a UHF rather than VHF option would have been better for me. I > could see myself using the K3 as a UHF base station if that option were > made > available. There really isn't that much activity on 2m in my neck of the > woods except for the local hams who hang out on 146.520. There are several > 2 meter machines in close proximity, but I've never heard anything on them > except for the occasional broadcast ID. On the other hand, NYC has a lot > of > activity on 440. More so than in any other part of the US I've been in. > > Anyway, I may still purchase the K144XV for experimentation. I've got good > height at my location, and a small log-periodic for 2m on the balcony might > be fun to play around with. > > 73, > James K2QI > > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Gary Gregory <garyvk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Yep, wishful thinking I reckon. > > > > There are two options I would not contemplate, 2M and 70CM and for that > > matter any higher frequencies. > > > > DC to Daylight radios might be attractive until something goes wrong, > then > > your 'all in one box' system CAN take you off air completely and that for > me > > would be kinda bad...no, make that a disaster...I just gotta have my > daily > > HF 'fix' :-) > > > > YMMV > > > > Gary > > > > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 4:26 AM, James Sarte <k2qi....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hello group, > >> > >> Is there any hardware limitation preventing the design and > implementation > >> of > >> an internal UHF transverter? In this day and age of DC to Daylight > boxes, > >> I'm surprised that Elecraft only has a VHF module available for the K3. > >> For > >> me, 2 meters isn't so useful in NYC. If given the option, I would > rather > >> have a UHF module in order to take advantage of the many active > repeaters > >> near me. > >> > >> I know it's a long shot, but it would be nice to have an all-in-one K3 > >> that > >> can go from 160 to 1.2Ghz. Wishful thinking perhaps? > >> > >> -- > >> 73 de James K2QI > >> President UNARC/4U1UN > > > > > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679, P3 #546 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
