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Doing any extension of the front end capability would open the transverter up to all the pagers, repeaters etc that live above 149 I live next to a hospital and the internal pagers rip apart the DEM verter I use ,,, it would be Madness Bob K3DJC On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 16:13:25 -0800 (PST) Steve KC8QVO <[email protected]> writes: > Andrew, > > I am very impatiently awaiting the details like you are on this > subject. > What I can share from what I have learned here on the list is that > this has > not in fact been detailed yet, that has been announced. The 2m > module is > still in development. That having been said, it has been alluded to > that > extended receive beyond the 2m band is probably not feasible. There > is a > sensitivity limitation with the receiver. Also, the "IF" for the 2m > "transverter" is 6m so there will not be the 2MHz band limitation as > would > happen if 10m were used. > > If the KX3 receiver is general coverage and goes beyond the 6m band > I could > see where some extended receive may be possible outside of the 2m > band, > seeing as 6m is the pseudo IF. > > What I would like to see is the 2m module allowing receive up > through the > weather band above 162MHz. When out backpacking it is a great aid to > get the > NOAA weather reports. I got stuck hiking in the remnants of Tropical > Storm > Lee in the Smoky Mountains last year and my HT was most often tuned > to NOAA > hihi. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-2M-extended-receive-tp7160468p71 63080.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________ 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f08e2d7d5f53c6450m03vuc ______________________________________________________________ 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
