[Elecraft] K3 - Latest firmware (last nite) FM test results, not good for U.S.

2008-05-05 Thread J. Heide
I brought the K3 (#722) to work today once again, this time to check the FM operation of the radio. I had calibrated the oscillator a couple of weeks ago, and it has only drifted 16Hz since then! Measurements taken on the same equipment, same freq standard Motorola 2670, Spectracom 8195A. My FM

[Elecraft] K3 - Latest firmware (last nite) FM test results, not good for U.S.

2008-05-05 Thread Dave G4AON
Josh Elecraft need to see how other manufacturers configure their transceivers... The TS480, which covers the same bands as a K3, has wide/narrow TX deviation which toggles between the two when the FIL/Nar button is held down, this switches between 2.5 KHz and 5 KHz maximum deviation and

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Latest firmware (last nite) FM test results, not good for U.S.

2008-05-05 Thread G4ILO
Dave G4AON wrote: Elecraft need to see how other manufacturers configure their transceivers... The TS480, which covers the same bands as a K3, has wide/narrow TX deviation which toggles between the two when the FIL/Nar button is held down, this switches between 2.5 KHz and 5 KHz maximum

re: [Elecraft] K3 - Latest firmware (last nite) FM test results, not good for U.S.

2008-05-05 Thread Joe Stofko
Sorry for the last incomplete post. Josh, K6ZRX wrote: - My FM measurements were as follows: Frequency was 52.525, did not check 10 meters. 12Db SINAD .47uV -113.4dBm Looses squelch (13) takes .79uV -109.0dBm to break Squelch closes at .33uV -116.5dBm Max modulation acceptance 4.90kHz TX CTCSS