I have a KRC2 that, among other things, I would like to use to switch between an HF antenna below 30 MHz and a 6 M antenna when the 50 MHz band is selected. My KRC2 microcontroller came with V1.5 from the factory.
Because the KRC2 was originally designed with the 10 HF bands in mind, I'm finding that documentation concerning its use on 6 meters to be lacking. After searching the reflector archives, I found an e-mail from 23 January, 2009, which states that KRC2s with V1.5 firmware include bandmaps which allow 6 meters to appear as XV1. However, nothing I've tried in the configuration menu will cause XV1 to change when 6 meters is selected. Instead, XV1 changes when a transverter band is defined and selected (this is what I would expect). The only way I can associate any switched output with 6 meters is to set KRC2 Band6=b10 in the config menu. With this setting, I see a switched output on the 10 meter contacts for both 6 and 10 meters. This will suffice for now, but I need a stand-alone switched output for 6 meters. I can't get the KRC2 configuration utility to work (it will connect long enough to read the FW version then loose connectivity), so setting an alternative bandmap isn't possible using this tool. Has anyone learned the secret for setting a stand-alone switched output on 6 meters from the KRC2? Will XV1 be enabled for 6 meters if a certain jumper is installed? Tnx, Scott N7NB ______________________________________________________________ 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
