[Elecraft] KX3 and GPSDO?

2019-05-01 Thread Frank O'Donnell
KX3 owner, fairly new ham, interested in frequency measurement ... Am I right in thinking that a KX3 can *not* be slaved to a GPSDO? Thanks and 73, Frank K6FOD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/el

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and GPSDO?

2019-05-01 Thread Don Wilhelm
Frank, There is no native capability for that in either the KX2 or KX3. Most anything is possible, but it would take some design and engineering by the KX3 user to add GPSDO input capability. If you do not have those design and engineering skills, I suggest you don't try. 73, Don W3FPR On

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and GPSDO?

2019-05-01 Thread Frank O'Donnell
Thanks, Don. For now I'll stick with plan B (GPSDO inputs to signal generator, the output of which is compared in Spectrum Lab to the signal under study delivered by the KX3). At least until I can save up for a K3S. 73, Frank K6FOD On 5/1/19 4:55 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: There is no native ca

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and GPSDO?

2019-05-03 Thread Edward R Cole
If you are concerned about 6m frequency stability of the KX3, perform the temperature compensation procedure. I cooled my KX3 in the refrigerator for 30-minutes to do mine. I also added an after-market heat sink: http://www.kl7uw.com/KX3.htm I used my XG3 checked against EIP538 freq counter.