K3 and 6 Metres - PR6 or XV50?

[G4BUE]

I have been following the recent threads about the K3 on 6 metres and
have a question (actually two questions), please.

Is it possible to use the K3 with the Elecraft XV50 transverter?  If
so, how does the performance of the K3's receiver on 6m compare with
a K3 using the new PR6 pre-amplifier?

I have a XV50 transverter that I was using with a K2 to enable me to
be QRV on 6m, and intended selling it when I got my K3 to finance the
purchase of a XV144 transverter to use with the K3.  Would I now do  
better to keep the XV50, or sell it as planned and buy the PR6 pre-
amplifier, to best improve my K3's 6m performance?

Thanks and 73 de Chris, N4CJ (G4BUE)

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[AD6XY]

Yes of course it is possible. The K3 may object to there being two 50MHz bands but you can always call it something else to get around that. The K3 has no idea what the transverter frequency is besides what you tell it.

The performance will probably be worse, for exactly the same reasons the K3 is a single conversion architecture. What you could do is convert the XV50 to 4m or sell it to someone else.

Do you really need a pre-amp for 6m?

G4BUE wrote

I have been following the recent threads about the K3 on 6 metres and
have a question (actually two questions), please.

Is it possible to use the K3 with the Elecraft XV50 transverter?  If
so, how does the performance of the K3's receiver on 6m compare with
a K3 using the new PR6 pre-amplifier?

I have a XV50 transverter that I was using with a K2 to enable me to
be QRV on 6m, and intended selling it when I got my K3 to finance the
purchase of a XV144 transverter to use with the K3.  Would I now do  
better to keep the XV50, or sell it as planned and buy the PR6 pre-
amplifier, to best improve my K3's 6m performance?

Thanks and 73 de Chris, N4CJ (G4BUE)

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[Arie Kleingeld PA3A]

The idea of using a 6 meter transverter with a rig that has already 6
m...
It's unbelievable.


I think that Elecraft listens to their customers. Never seen a company
that does so well at this point.

Probably most customers wanted high dynamic range in the HF range and
excellent selectivity (including me). Very few wanted a low MDS on 6m.
Personally I never made one single QSO on 6m until I got the K3, so I
was not even aware of this item.

I have been reading the reflector for quite a while because I built a K2
in the past. When talking/fantasizing about a successor for the K2, it
was always about HF performance and well layed out features for DX-ers
and contesters. So, maybe we forgot to mention that on VHF we might need
a lower MDS?

Cheer up guys, the next generation Elecraft transceiver will certainly
have a lower MDS on VHF and a high dynamic range as well. Elecraft
always listens to their customers.


73,
Arie PA3A

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