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Bob KD7YZ

K3: the actul IF QRG ?

Howdy K3' people:

I am playing with the SDR-IQ and a program called SDR-Radio.
I previously thought that the K3 IF was 8.215mHz.

However, today I ran K3-Utility and the Command Tester. I issued FI; and
got back 6550 .. guessing that's a 6.550 megs.

So I turned on 6m (internal not my XV500) and put the frequency to
50.067, that of the WZ8D/b , a beacon.

I set the SDR-Radio console QRG to this new IF and somewhere around
6.499.094 I get a -80dbm CW ID of WZ8D.

I could not find same beacon in the IF when the SDR-Radio QRG was set to
rad the SDR-IQ box at 8.215

so what's the real IF of my K3 when the K3-Util command FI; returns 6550?

--
73
KD7YZ Bob

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Iain MacDonnell - N6ML-2

Re: K3: the actul IF QRG ?

Per the K3 and KX3 Programmer's Reference:

"FI * (I.F. Center Frequency; GET only)
RSP format: Finnnn; where nnnn represents the last 4 digits of the
K3’s present I.F. center frequency in Hz.
Example: If nnnn = 5000, the I.F. center frequency is 8215000 Hz.
Intended for use with panadapters, which need
to keep track of the exact I.F. center frequency as filter bandwidths
and shifts are changed by the operator."

73,

~iain / N6ML

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:06 PM, KD7YZ Bob <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Howdy K3' people:
>
> I am playing with the SDR-IQ and a program called SDR-Radio.
> I previously thought that the K3 IF was 8.215mHz.
>
> However, today I ran K3-Utility and the Command Tester. I issued FI; and
> got back 6550 .. guessing that's a 6.550 megs.
>
> So I turned on 6m (internal not my XV500) and put the frequency to
> 50.067, that of the WZ8D/b , a beacon.
>
> I set the SDR-Radio console QRG to this new IF and somewhere around
> 6.499.094 I get a -80dbm CW ID of WZ8D.
>
> I could not find same beacon in the IF when the SDR-Radio QRG was set to
> rad the SDR-IQ box at 8.215
>
> so what's the real IF of my K3 when the K3-Util command FI; returns 6550?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> 73
> KD7YZ Bob
>
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Wes (N7WS)

Re: K3: the actul IF QRG ?

In reply to this post by Bob KD7YZ

You got your answer but why not just use SpectraVue, which works flawlessly with the K3?

On Dec 5, 2013, at 2:06 PM, KD7YZ Bob <[hidden email]> wrote:

Charles Tifft-2

Re: K3: the actul IF QRG ?

SDR-IQ, SpectraVue and the K3 are a number one way to go..! Been using
that combo for a couple years now and have found nothing I like better.
Chuck
W6RD

Wes wrote:

> You got your answer but why not just use SpectraVue, which works flawlessly with the K3?
>
> On Dec 5, 2013, at 2:06 PM, KD7YZ Bob <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>
>> Howdy K3' people:
>>
>> I am playing with the SDR-IQ and a program called SDR-Radio.
>> I previously thought that the K3 IF was 8.215mHz.
>>
>> However, today I ran K3-Utility and the Command Tester. I issued FI; and
>> got back 6550 .. guessing that's a 6.550 megs.
>>
>> So I turned on 6m (internal not my XV500) and put the frequency to
>> 50.067, that of the WZ8D/b , a beacon.
>>
>> I set the SDR-Radio console QRG to this new IF and somewhere around
>> 6.499.094 I get a -80dbm CW ID of WZ8D.
>>
>> I could not find same beacon in the IF when the SDR-Radio QRG was set to
>> rad the SDR-IQ box at 8.215
>>
>> so what's the real IF of my K3 when the K3-Util command FI; returns 6550?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 73
>> KD7YZ Bob
>>
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>
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Bob KD7YZ

Re: K3: the actul IF QRG ?

In reply to this post by Bob KD7YZ

thanks for the help to everyone who replied direct and List.

Have expected readings now.

--
Best regards,
Bob KD7YZ
http://www.qrz.com/db/KD7YZ

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