Thanks Bob - I went back and checked again....VOILA! I must have made an error somehow the first time. The KX2 does indeed tune up and transmit on the Alaska Emergency Frequency. Thanks for the tip :-P
73 Murphy KB3EOF On 01/30/2017 10:08 AM, Bob W7AVK wrote: > Murphy - I can't speak for the KX2, but the other Elecraft rigs have > the ability. Check with Elecraft Service. > > Enjoy the trip. > > 73 Bob W7AVK > > > On 1/30/2017 6:17 AM, murphy wrote: >> I am planning a float trip down a remote Alaska river in the summer and >> would like to take my new KX2 along. Alaska has an official emergency >> frequency: 5.1675 MHz USB but the KX2 cannot access it out of the box. >> I get a message something like "Band End". Does anyone know if it is >> possible to activate this band on the KX2? If so how? >> >> 73, >> murphy, kb3eof >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
