Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, I know that Eric was at Orlando (based on his note to the reflector in which he referred to "we"), but I don't think Wayne was there. The lady may have been his wife Lerma, but that is only a guess on my part based on no valid information - that "we" may have been the 'royal we' or coul

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Mike-WE0H
I wonder if that was Wayne whom I spoke with at the Orlando Hamcation a couple weekends ago? There was a guy and a lady there at the Elecraft booth and both were extremely helpful and willing to sit down and answer tons of questions. That was the best customer service experience I have seen in

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, The only person that would change the firmware would be Wayne Burdick himself. In the K2 it would require replacement of the firmware chip because K2 firmware is not downloadable like the K3. You would likely have to pry Wayne away from his K3 MCU firmware efforts to get his attention,

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Mike-WE0H
Hi Don, I can drop the level down and divide as you said. That would be easy enough. I wonder if the software of the K2 could be changed to allow any HF band to be used as an IF with that K60XV board? Who would I speak with about changing the software? Otherwise I'll continue to look for a ove

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, It is a matter of firmware, not hardware limitations. I would guess that when the K60XV was released, no one thought it would ever be used for down-converting, so only the normal VHF IF frequencies were made available. Since your current oscillator is super-stable, have you considered usi

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Mike-WE0H
Hi Don, Wow that does present an issue now. I will see if I can find a suitable reference oscillator at one of those 4 freq's. Seems kind of odd IF freq's not having one at 10.0mc. Does anyone has a suggestion on what oscillator I could brew up that would stay on freq within 1 cycle for over 2

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, The K60XV will not provide any advantage for you with that IF frequency band. The available IF frequencies for the K2 transverter bands are limited to 7 MHz, 14 MHz, 21 MHz and 28 MHz. These are 'bottom of the band' frequencies and tuning will be upward from there. You can use the norm

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Mike-WE0H
Thank you Ken. Looks like it will be just fine then. Just built a FCC-2 MK-II a few weeks ago. It is a very nice DDS VFO. 73 Mike WE0H Ken K3IU wrote: > Hi Mike: > I got out a l'il FCC-2 freq counter/vfo that I built, hooked it up to > the K2 and was able to hear a signal on the K2 to down jus

Re: [Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Ken K3IU
Hi Mike: I got out a l'il FCC-2 freq counter/vfo that I built, hooked it up to the K2 and was able to hear a signal on the K2 to down just below 2740kc. The VCO unlocked just below that. At 3000kc the output power was about 10 watts. I don't know what kind of sensitivity is available in the K2

[Elecraft] K2 & transverter question

2009-02-26 Thread Mike-WE0H
Building my K2 next week. I run 600 meters and use a homebrew transverter right now with my Kenwood HF rig. Going to build a new transverter for my K2 when it is finished. I ordered the transverter option. I need the K2 to function from 3.135mc to 3.510mc as I use a 3.0mc oven oscillator as my

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Transverter Question

2008-10-31 Thread WA6L
Don, That solved the problem. I set the RF=50, then did a direct frequency entry. It is working great. That was a bit confusing. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. John, WA6L -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2-Transverter-Question-tp1402996p1439443.html

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Transverter Question

2008-10-31 Thread WA6L
Hi, Don, I did double-check and the RANT is off. What you say about the RF setting is interesting. I am confused about what that setting is supposed to be. If I set RF=36 (the IF of the Transverter) then the display comes up as 50XXX.XX. If I set the RF=50, the display comes up as 64XXX.XX.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Transverter Question

2008-10-31 Thread Don Wilhelm
John, Is there a possibility you have RANT turned on for the TRN1 band? Check in the menu. If you still can't hear on the 6 meter band, switch to the TRN1 band and attach an antenna direct to the K2 antenna jack. Can you hear the 14 MHz signals? If so, the K2 is doing its job and you shou

[Elecraft] K2 Transverter Question

2008-10-31 Thread WA6L
Hi, Folks, I have a K2, serial 4004 with 203d & 1.07 firmware. I am trying to interface it with a Ten-Tec 1208 6m transverter. The transverter has a 36 MHz IF and it works fine. When connected to ANT2, I can tune to the 14 MHz band on the K2 and send/receive 6m signals with no problem The pro