Re: [Elecraft] K2 BANDS - How?

2006-04-27 Thread Dave
Fred Welcome to the Elecraft club, membership lasts a long time! The K2 returns to the last used frequency when you power it up, other than that the bands just cycle round. Assuming you haven't set any transverter bands pressing down from 1.8 MHz takes you to the 28 MHz band, etc. Moving arou

RE: [Elecraft] K2 BANDS - How?

2006-04-27 Thread Don Wilhelm
Fred, Look in the manual and on page 5, top of the second column, you will see the K2 'Frequency Ranges' listed. We commonly refer to those as 'bands' 3.5 to 4 MHz is the 80 meter band, 7 to 7.3 is the 40 meter band, ... 28.0 to 28.8 is the K2 10 meter band (the actual amateur allocation goes up

Re: [Elecraft] K2 BANDS - How?

2006-04-27 Thread Joseph Reed
Fred, Relays K12-15 switch the 8 VCO ranges. Once you have selected a range the LCD is your indicator of what band you are on. Because they are latching relays it will "remember" what band you are on. Having selected a band changing frequencies is a matter of turning the optical en

RE: [Elecraft] K2 BANDS - How?

2006-04-27 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Fred N3CSY asked: QUESTION: K2 BANDS? How does one know what "BAND" the K2 is set for? I know I can do BAND+ and BAND-, and I can do BAND+/BAND- frequencies entries. BUT HOW DO I (me) know - what BAND the K2 thinks it is in? There must be a base BAND spot - where all the ups, downs, and change