4m for KX3

[Phil-2]

If I wanted both 2m & 4m modules - how easy to swap out to change bands ?

I know you will be using the SMA socket - so will there be a connection on the board or will the antenna cable be hard wired on ?

I don’t think the change would be needed on a regular basis - but it would be good to have 4m for field days and 4m contests.

Of course the Elecraft option would be have 2 KX3’s - one for each band !

Phil G4UDU



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[wayne burdick]

On May 9, 2014, at 1:19 AM, Philip Godbold <[hidden email]> wrote:

> If I wanted both 2m & 4m modules - how easy to swap out to change bands ?

This would not be a good idea. We use very small internal coax connectors for this option, and they're rated for a small number of mating/unmating cycles, not dozens or hundreds. So you'd need to choose one or the other.


> I know you will be using the SMA socket - so will there be a connection on the board or will the antenna cable be hard wired on ?

The antenna jack is at one end of a removable cable assembly that plugs into the option module. But again, you wouldn't want to swap modules more than a few times.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


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