Hi Don, Wow that does present an issue now. I will see if I can find a suitable reference oscillator at one of those 4 freq's. Seems kind of odd IF freq's not having one at 10.0mc. Does anyone has a suggestion on what oscillator I could brew up that would stay on freq within 1 cycle for over 24 hours after warm up? That is the reason why I now run a oven oscillator because it never changes freq month after month and has zero drift. I run digital modes down there that won't tolerate even a 1 cycle drift. My oscillator's are a commercial assembly from old analog cell sites. Got a deal on them years ago and built my LF & MF station around them.
Thanks much, Mike WE0H Don wrote: > Mike, > > The K60XV will not provide any advantage for you with that IF > frequency band. The available IF frequencies for the K2 transverter > bands are limited to 7 MHz, 14 MHz, 21 MHz and 28 MHz. These are > 'bottom of the band' frequencies and tuning will be upward from there. > > You can use the normal K2 BNC output (SO-239 if you have the KPA100 > installed) and translate the actual transverter input frequency in > your head. You may be doing that already with your Kenwood. > If you really need to use the K60XV output, you will need to modify > your transverter to use one of the available IF frequencies. > > You will also not be able to have the K2 directly readout the > frequency in that input band, but if you do change your transverter to > use the K60XV, you might want to 'fool' the K2 by entering 50 MHz as > the RF band and ignore the first digit on the display to obtain the > proper frequency. > > In other words, you could use the K60XV if you changed the transverter > oscillator to 7 MHz instead of your current 3 MHz and reworked the IF > bandpass for 7000 to 7510 kHz, the K2 would tune from 7000 kHz to 7510 > kHz to cover the input frequencies from DC to 510 kHz. If you > selected 50 MHz as the RF band, you would see 50000.00 to 50550.00 on > the K2 display. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Mike-WE0H wrote: >> Building my K2 next week. I run 600 meters and use a homebrew >> transverter right now with my Kenwood HF rig. Going to build a new >> transverter for my K2 when it is finished. I ordered the transverter >> option. I need the K2 to function from 3.135mc to 3.510mc as I use a >> 3.0mc oven oscillator as my reference mixed with the HF radio's >> signal to get me on 2200, 1750 & 600 meters. I am licensed as a Part >> 5 station on those 3 bands. Will the K2 operate in that band at & >> below 80 meters? I only need the transverter ports to function, not >> the HF power amp. >> >> Many thanks, >> Mike >> WE0H >> > ______________________________________________________________ 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
