[Elecraft] 500 kHz Transceive Operation With the K3

2009-06-10 Thread wayne burdick
A few countries allow experimental amateur radio operation in the 500 kHz band (600 meters). This is a fascinating and historic band that is used for beacons and ground-wave communications. For hams, there are very specific mode and power restrictions, and an experimental license may be

Re: [Elecraft] 500 kHz Transceive Operation With the K3

2009-06-10 Thread wayne burdick
The present limit is 500 kHz. I could probably move it down a little, but not to 400 -- the synth won't go that low. 73, Wayne N6KR Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: Am I missing something, or is the K3 capable of going below 500 kHz? 500 kHz is near the top of the 600 meter marine band which extends

Re: [Elecraft] 500 kHz Transceive Operation With the K3

2009-06-10 Thread wayne burdick
Mike-WE0H wrote: Excellent news Wayne. I will forward this to our 600 meter email reflector. Is there any way possible that you can do a similar mod for the K2 to make it transmit on 600 meters? The K2's synthesizer won't go low enough in frequency. You could probably modify it, but I

Re: [Elecraft] 500 kHz Transceive Operation With the K3

2009-06-10 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Am I missing something, or is the K3 capable of going below 500 kHz? 500 kHz is near the top of the 600 meter marine band which extends down nearly to 400 kHz (IIRC 426 kHz is a popular frequency). Of course, once you get to 400 kHz there are those who love spooking the non-directional beacons

Re: [Elecraft] 500 kHz Transceive Operation With the K3

2009-06-10 Thread Mike-WE0H
Excellent news Wayne. I will forward this to our 600 meter email reflector. Is there any way possible that you can do a similar mod for the K2 to make it transmit on 600 meters? Our new band that we should be granted will be 495kc-510kc. Of course that is a Part 5 Experimental band thus far.

Re: [Elecraft] 500 kHz Transceive Operation With the K3

2009-06-10 Thread Mike-WE0H
See if you can make it go to 495.000kc as that is the bottom end of any possible Amateur Band. If it can tune 495.000kc thru 515.000kc, that should cover any future Amateur 600m band. There are currently Experimental stations using that spectrum and Amateur Bands in other countries. The band

Re: [Elecraft] 500 kHz Transceive Operation With the K3

2009-06-10 Thread Rick Dettinger
On Jun 10, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Mike-WE0H wrote: See if you can make it go to 495.000kc as that is the bottom end of any possible Amateur Band. If it can tune 495.000kc thru 515.000kc, that should cover any future Amateur 600m band. There are currently Experimental stations using that