Ok, if you insist on missing the point be my guest. But please read my last post again, with your eyes open.
On 18 March 2011 00:31, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Scanning with the key down is a very bad practice. Don't do it! > > It is your responsibility to keep within your licensed band limits, so I > believe > that request is frivoless. > > Now if you had a license that allowed you to transmit outside the limits of > your > licensed bands such as the members on the Military Afilliate Radio System > (MARS) > here in the US it is a valid request which Elecraft will accomodate you with, > but you are still expected to know your licenses band limits, especially when > testing your equipment. > > Tom > N5GE > > On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:45:19 +0000, you wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>I sent a question about this to Elecraft support, but I didn't get a >>reply so let me try the community.. >> >>I've got a K3, serial no. 4208, and I would like to change it's band >>settings so that it will match my UK licence. Currently, the "band >>end" limitations are not correct for my region. >> >>For example, it will transmit on the section of the 80m band above >>3800 that's not allocated in the UK, and the same for 40m at 7200 and >>above. >> >>So I'd like to change the band limitations to lock the unallocated >>sections out and avoid accidentally transmitting outside the licenced >>bands. For example, I sometimes hit "TUNE" and scan up and down the >>band to make sure that the SWR is reasonable across the entire band, >>in this mode the VFO isn't displayed, but if I hit a programmed-in >>band limit it stops by itself, but this doesn't prevent me from >>transmitting out-of-band at 40m and 80m for example, because the upper >>limit is not correct for my location and licence. >> >>Is there a way to reprogram this? It seems to me it should be a simple >>firmware tweak. >> >>Any help/pointers would be appreciated! >> >>73, Thomas 2E0ETT >>K3 # 4208 >>______________________________________________________________ >>Elecraft mailing list >>Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >>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:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
