Hello Phil, Apart from technicial specifications, it will also depend on whether you will use the transverter with other rigs. If your answer is yes, you then need the XV144.
One more thing, XV144 is supposed to work at 10 watt if under full duty cycle i.e. FM mode. In fact, when XV144 works under FM mode, it is extremely hot. cheers, Johnny Siu VR2XMC ________________________________ 寄件人﹕ Phil Hystad <[email protected]> 收件人﹕ Elecraft <[email protected]> 傳送日期﹕ 2009/12/8 (二) 11:21:10 AM 主題： [Elecraft] K3 2 meter capability: internal K144XV or XV144 transverter? What is the better solution for adding 2 meter capability to the K3, the new internal K144XV or the XV144 transverter. I see that the power output of the K144XV is 10 watts and that the power output of the transverter is about 20 to 25 watts. Let's assume I would want a 100 watt PA, does it make a difference on whether I have 10 watts drive or 25 watts drive? Since I have not looked at any such linear amplifier I am not sure what the drive requirement would be. I have not exhaustively read all the documentation available on these two but I was curious if there were any "stand out" reasons for choosing one over the other. Thanks, phil, K7PEH Yahoo!香港提供網上安全攻略，教你如何防範黑客! 請前往 http://hk.promo.yahoo.com/security/ 了解更多! ______________________________________________________________ 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
