My K1 has been a great rig. I originally got it with the 4 band board option setup for 40/30/20/15 meters. I later bought a 2 band board kit and set it up for 80 and 17 meters. Some time later I got a second 2 band board and purchased extra parts (all from Elecraft EXCEPT one crystal!) and set it up for 160/80 meters. 160 is NOT a "stock" Elecraft sub kit for the 2 band boards, but it works great on 1.8-1.9 Mhz on 160 for rare QRP forays there!
Yes, you have to exchange the boards and do a quick programming to let the CPU know what bands are active and then reassemble the rig. Takes only a few minutes. For the most part, my rig stays on the 4 band option except midwinter when 160 and 80 are quiet. If some method of fine frequency control was available ( built in) it would be interesting to setup one band of a 2 band card for 60 meter CW! 73, Sandy W5TVW -----Original Message----- From: Phil Hystad Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 12:44 PM To: Elecraft list Subject: [Elecraft] K1 Kit Question I would like confirmation on how the K1 is configured for 2-bands, 4-bands, and 6-bands. I heard that for some of the configurations you must swap out boards. Now, I think that this occurs when your order the two band version originally and then get the 2-band option. I heard that these two boards occupy the same slot so if you want to have four bands without having to swap boards you should buy the 4-band version of the K1 to begin with. Similar question for the 4 band version and the use of a 2-band option board given a total of six bands. In this configuration do you need to swap out the 4-band module board and swap in the 2-band in its place to operate the 2 bands on the 2-band option board. Does any of this make sense? I would appreciate it if someone would confirm the way this works. My original plan was to get the 2-band K1 and get the 2-band option later but if this requires swapping boards I would likely get the 4-band option to begin with (maybe). Thanks, 73, phil, K7PEH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5145 - Release Date: 07/21/12 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
