Re: [Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver
IIRC, when I installed mine I had to touch up the offsets a bit to get good audio. Now it sounds good transmit and receive. Got the counter out and touched up the HF freq, then did the 2 meter. Keyed up into dummy load and dialed in the frequency that was on the display by changing the offset. Jim K0XU Sent from my Xoom tablet On May 4, 2012 9:51 AM, "Julie Royster" wrote: > NG5E wonders if Larry and I are new to using a VFO on the 2-meter band, but > that is not the case, and tuning does not seem to be the issue. > > The Elecraft support staff (both Dale and Howard) have been quite attentive > and helpful. They have offered to check out the K3 in its entirety. We > are > not criticizing Elecraft support. > > We have heard from a few people with a similar problem. It may well be a > function of the local repeaters, not the transverter or the K3. We are > attempting to find out the transmit bandwidth of the repeaters in question > (which could be wider than the 13kHz filter), and we are asking another > local K3 owner to determine if he also gets distortion or clipping on the > same repeater. > > 73, > Julie Royster KT4JR > > > > __ > 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 > __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver
Hi Julie, As a repeater coordinator of 40+ years experience, I would say that it's -highly- unlikely that the deviation of any your local repeaters are exceeding +/- 5kHZ. This has been the commercial and amateur standard for decades. Trivia: Florida's first repeater (Tampa) was built in my shop. 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP Montana Frequency Coordinator On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Julie Royster wrote: > NG5E wonders if Larry and I are new to using a VFO on the 2-meter band, but > that is not the case, and tuning does not seem to be the issue. > > __ 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
[Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver
NG5E wonders if Larry and I are new to using a VFO on the 2-meter band, but that is not the case, and tuning does not seem to be the issue. The Elecraft support staff (both Dale and Howard) have been quite attentive and helpful. They have offered to check out the K3 in its entirety. We are not criticizing Elecraft support. We have heard from a few people with a similar problem. It may well be a function of the local repeaters, not the transverter or the K3. We are attempting to find out the transmit bandwidth of the repeaters in question (which could be wider than the 13kHz filter), and we are asking another local K3 owner to determine if he also gets distortion or clipping on the same repeater. 73, Julie Royster KT4JR __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver
Mr. Royster et al, I hope other readers of this topic will not be influenced by your ill founded post, because you are accusing Elecraft of having a poor product, when those of us who use the internal 2m modules know it is not true. You are entitled to your opinion, but there is no solution to be found. The product is a good one. Did you ask them to replace the module for you? I'm sure they will do it at no charge. Having had a K3 with the internal 2m module since the first month they shipped the modules, I have never experienced, nor have I heard of anyone saying they were having the trouble you describe, except you. I read your first post about your "Problem", and at the time I suspected you had never used a transceiver with a VFO on 2m FM and don't know how tune an FM signal with a VFO. That is still my opinion. Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Thu, 03 May 2012 08:42:19 -0400, Larry Royster wrote: >Although Elecraft personnel has been very helpful in trying to fix our >problem with 2 meter reception in our local repeaters, no solution has >been found. Until a solution is found, no one should purchase a K3 with >this option. Otherwise the K3 has been great up to now. [snip] __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver
Hi Larry, Mine works fine with the local 2m repeaters. Based on my experience have been telling those in my area it is a good option. Plus I used it with a 2m input transverter. What is happening with your 2m transverter? 73, tom n4zpt On 5/3/2012 8:42 AM, Larry Royster wrote: > Although Elecraft personnel has been very helpful in trying to fix our > problem with 2 meter reception in our local repeaters, no solution has > been found. Until a solution is found, no one should purchase a K3 with > this option. Otherwise the K3 has been great up to now. __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver
I have had no problems with the internal 2M transverter for the K3. It works fine for my local FM repeaters. Bruce, N1RX __ 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
[Elecraft] Problem with Elecraft's built in 2 meter receiver
Although Elecraft personnel has been very helpful in trying to fix our problem with 2 meter reception in our local repeaters, no solution has been found. Until a solution is found, no one should purchase a K3 with this option. Otherwise the K3 has been great up to now. __ 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
