Hello All, I see nothing wrong with a utility program that would allow band edge limits or even in band limits if one liked .
73 all Ken K5DNL ---------------------------------------------------------- --- On Thu, 3/17/11, Thomas Horsten <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Thomas Horsten <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Reconfiguring band boundaries > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, March 17, 2011, 7:43 PM > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
