It should work just fine. I have up to 3 transverters and KRC2 attached. I
did notice some strange effects if I daisy chained several XVs where one was
unpowered. So look out for that sort of thing if you have trouble.
If you have trouble with wiring to the 15pin connector on the back of the K3
The KRC2 will switch the XVTR's just fine, but will not switch 6m at this time.
I believe the K3 firmware needs a change before that will work.
73,
Tom
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On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 07:52:35 -0700 (PDT), AD6XY m.j.wil...@rl.ac.uk
Looking toward future station enhancements, I can see where I might want to
hang a KRC2, an XV144 and a KPA500 off of the ACC connector of my K3.
Is there any reason that this won't work, assuming a couple of Y-adapter
cables?
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Stan,
You only need the one Y adapter for the KPA100. The XV144 can
daisy-chain off the KRC2 connector. It is similar to daisy-chaining
several transverters as shown in the XV Owner's manual.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/27/2011 1:36 PM, Stan Gibbs wrote:
Looking toward future station enhancements,
Hi Don,
Thanks for the response.
If I read the KRC2 and XV144 manuals correctly, the way this would be set up
is to use the DB15/DB9 cable provided with the XV144 to connect the K3 to
the KRC2 XCVR DB9 connector and then use a DB9/DB9 straight-through cable
to connect the XV144 to the KRC2 PC
Stan,
That is correct.
On the strangeness, remember that the KRC2 was developed for the K2,
and the DB-9 connector had all the pins that were needed.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/27/2011 5:36 PM, Stan Gibbs wrote:
Hi Don,
Thanks for the response.
If I read the KRC2 and XV144 manuals correctly, the
Don,
Certainly, I understand the history. How about a KRC3 kit? :-)
Don Wilhelm-4 wrote:
On the strangeness, remember that the KRC2 was developed for the K2,
and the DB-9 connector had all the pins that were needed.
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I'm using a pair of Y cables cascaded to run my KPA500 and XV144. One
port is open now. It works great. I discovered that if I hit the AUX
band button on the KPA500 it brings up the transverter band.
73...
Randy, W8FN
On 07/27/2011 12:36, Stan Gibbs wrote:
Looking toward future station
We've put a video of our last setup on the local club website.
There is our 2 log loop yagi stack and my K3 and XV144 xverter on a
nice display, showing a beacon 500 Km away from our loc.
Needless to say that the rig is working fine, despite of some strange
behaviour of the XV144 not always
I noticed a strange behaviour during the last IARU VHF Contest last
weekend.
With our team we managed to have a first field test of the rig
coming for our experience with the K2/xv144 MHz combination the
expectations were high.
The setup was composed by the K3 and a XV144 transverter,
Before you ask...
Firmware Revisions: MCU 2.34; DSP 1.89.
73 de Giulio IW3HVB.
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On receive we had persistent problems with people using lesser receivers and
similar transmit power not being able to copy us because of QRM. DLs
especially. We heard many very strong signals but none excessively wide.
We also had system problems though not the same, or at least the same but
Considering this, the K3 plus XV144 while probably the best combination I
have ever come across on receive is not ready for use on transmit just yet
because of the ALC issue if you use a sensitive amplifier.
Next time you set this up and *after* you have the drive set, set
CONFIG:TX ALC to
Hello All,
Does the K3 (with KXV3 interface) and XV144 combination transmit from 145.8 to
146.0MHz for use with OSCAR satellites? Since 10m only goes up to 29.7MHz,
it's not high enough with a transverter using a 116MHz LO.
Further to the point, can the K3 transmit via its KXV3 interface from
Will be new Elecraft K3 usable for VHF Contesting? Any tests?
73' Samir, SM7VZX
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I'm mainly going to use my K3 for 6m and 2m using my recently built XV144.
However, in terms of optimising my station's performance (in this case,
thinking of removing the MMIC after the PHEMT front-end to improve the XV144's
dynamic range) I'm reliant on doing the maths based on other
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