Dumb K1 Question
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Okay, K1 #2222 is alive and well! and I have installed the 4 band module
wired for 40, 30, 20 and 17. I also built a 2 band module for 80 and 15. I was just playing with it and it receives very well on all 4 bands, but when I tuned in some 17m SSB sigs I couldn't quite get them in clearly, so I looked for a button to push to change sidebands and can't find one. So, is the K1 really a CW only rig or did I miss something in the menus? I really like it, and it has that "cute" factor going for it, but it would be nice to tune in SSB on 17m if I can. If not, oh well... Dan WB4NMR ----- KX1 #1507 K1 #2222 K2 #xxxx _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Problem is: the K1 is offset for "lower sideband" so you will get garbles on 17 meters!
You'd get the same on 20 if you could tune that high. The K1 is primarily a CW only rig. 73, Sandy W5TVW K1 #1178 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Dan Swartling" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 12:54 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Dumb K1 Question | Okay, K1 #2222 is alive and well! and I have installed the 4 band module | wired for 40, 30, 20 and 17. I also built a 2 band module for 80 and 15. | | I was just playing with it and it receives very well on all 4 bands, but | when I tuned in some 17m SSB sigs I couldn't quite get them in clearly, so | I looked for a button to push to change sidebands and can't find one. So, | is the K1 really a CW only rig or did I miss something in the menus? I | really like it, and it has that "cute" factor going for it, but it would be | nice to tune in SSB on 17m if I can. If not, oh well... | | Dan | WB4NMR | | ----- | KX1 #1507 | K1 #2222 | K2 #xxxx | | _______________________________________________ | Elecraft mailing list | Post to: [hidden email] | You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | | Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | | | | -- | No virus found in this incoming message. | Checked by AVG Free Edition. | Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/396 - Release Date: 7/24/2006 | | _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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The K2 has a "CW-REV" feature that uses the 'other sideband'. Does
the K1? Would this help? Mark On 7/25/06, Sandy W5TVW <[hidden email]> wrote: > Problem is: the K1 is offset for "lower sideband" so you will get garbles on 17 meters! > You'd get the same on 20 if you could tune that high. > > The K1 is primarily a CW only rig. > > 73, > Sandy W5TVW > K1 #1178 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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In reply to this post by Dr. Dan Swartling
On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Dr. Dan Swartling wrote: > > I was just playing with it and it receives very well on all 4 > bands, but when I tuned in some 17m SSB sigs I couldn't quite get > them in clearly, so I looked for a button to push to change > sidebands and can't find one. So, is the K1 really a CW only rig or > did I miss something in the menus? I really like it, and it has > that "cute" factor going for it, but it would be nice to tune in > SSB on 17m if I can. If not, oh well... Hi Dan, The K1 is a CW-only rig. SSB copy is difficult--because of the narrow crystal filter bandwidth--even for the "native" sideband (LSB). You can widen the filter to about 2 kHz and thus copy LSB with decent fidelity if you add a switch to the right side panel that temporarily substitutes 8V DC for the normal tuning voltage used by the varactor diodes in the crystal filter. To copy USB, you'd have to add another switch that temporarily switches in a different reactance in series with the BFO crystal, pulling it to the other side of the filter. 73, Wayne N6KR ------- http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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