Peter I have the internal 2m transverter for the K3, and the facility to use an external one instead - so, yes, it can be done.
Here's my settings from the CONFIG menu: XV1 ON = yes XV1 RF = 144 XV1 IF = 28 XV1 PWR = L1.50 XV1 OFS = -0.61 XV1 ADR = Int Trn0 XV2 ON = yes XV2 RF = 144 XV2 IF = 28 XV2 PWR = L1.50 XV2 OFS = 0 XV2 ADR = Trn1 Some of these settings will be unique (such as offset) but most will be appropriate. The effect of these settings is that cycling up through the bands from 50MHz gives me first the internal transverter (XVTR1 is displayed briefly in the VFO B area) and then the external transverter ( when XVTR2 is briefly displayed). You can't quite do A/B comparisons with this unless you arrange relay switching of your 2m antenna at the same time as switching internal to external transverter. Hope this helps John G4ZTR www.g4ztr.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PETER HUTCHISON Sent: 10 June 2013 14:58 To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and Mutek Transverter combo? Hi, Bit of a long shot this but has anyone any experience of using a K3 with a Mutek transverter? I run the K3 (#7218) with the internal transverter but during a 2m contest yesterday the front end capability of the internal transverter was found wanting when exposed to strong adjacent signals. I already have a Mutek transverter but it was bought (cheaply) as untested and therefore I do not know if it is working. The strong signal capabilities of these transverters were legendary in their day. Therefore, I was hoping that someone on this site has successfully mated the 2 boxes together. Basically what I want to know is at the rear of the transverter there are 2 BNC sockets marked 'rx out' and 'tx/rx'. To what sockets on the I/O board to I need to connect these? And secondly, what do I need to ensure that the K£ is suitably programmed to communicate with the transverter (the instructions seem to be unclear to me...). Any help would be appreciated. If the Mutek transverter is no good anyone got a decent Demi or completed Elecraft 2m transverter they wish to sell??!! Many thanks for reading this plea. Any replies will be gratefully received (which is more than I can say for the internal transverter performance yesterday!!) Peter G4URT ______________________________________________________________ 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
