By the way, the K4 provides a way to do direct comparative sensitivity measurements for both receivers. A persistent display in relative dB can be shown. This makes things like MDS testing very easy.
73, Wayne N6KR > On Sep 14, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Jim Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice!! > > Thanks for the update! > > jim ab3cv > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 2:11 PM Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > You can directly set the frequency to this range. There's no need for a > transverter band. > > Test mode will not be needed. > > For receive purposes, you can use any of the five antenna jacks. I just > measured the MDS at -135 dBm, which is more than satisfactory on on this band. > > For transmit you'll need to use XV OUT and an external amplifier. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > On Sep 14, 2020, at 10:26 AM, Jim Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And will the K4 need to be in "Test" mode as the K3 was required? > > > > jim ab3cv > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 1:25 PM Jim Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Will the band be evident or will it need to be added? Will there be an > > appropriate XV offset to allow direct reading of the frequency? > > > > Thanks! > > > > jim ab3cv > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 12:35 PM Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > The K4 has receive capability in this band, and will transmit at the XV OUT > > jack well in excess of 0 dBm. (More like +7.) This should be suitable for > > use with an external amplifier. > > > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > > > On Sep 14, 2020, at 8:10 AM, Nigel Lemaire <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Wondering what capabilities the K4 will have on this (these) bands... > > > > > > 73 > > > Nigel > > > Wa6MSE > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
