KX3/2m driving an SG-Labs 1296Mhz transverter configuration question

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I have had the KX3/2m and SG Labs successfully working by simply selecting the KX3 2m band (i.e the KX3 VFO displays 144.200Mhz etc) and driving the SGLabs box with 144Mhz signals.

…and if interested in prior UK adventure with my KX3/SGLabs box check out https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black <https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black>

As a SOTA guy mental arithmetic on a peak can be faulty and so I would prefer to configure one of the spare XVn (2-9) for 1296Mhz display/operation.

I have left the 2m XV1 parameters untouched and set the XV2 parameters as follows;

XV2 (on) = Yes
XV2 (RF) = 1296
XV2 (IF) = 50
XV2 (Pwr) = 3.0
XV2 (OFS) = 0
XV2 (Adr) = trn1

Unfortunately I am not driving the SG-Lab transverter with these XV2 settings and the band set to XV2 (i.e the one between 144 and 1.8Mhz

What have I misconfigured?

Paul
W6PNG/M0SNA
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[Don Wilhelm]

Paul,

You are telling the KX3 to use the 50 MHz output (on the BNC connector)
and not the 144 MHz output from the 2 meter option.
Change the XV2 IF parameter to 144.

The XV2 ADR parameter gives the band decode that will be sent when that
transverter is selected, and can be used to activate your 1296
transverter if you decode the band data correctly.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/9/2019 10:13 AM, Paul Gacek via Elecraft wrote:

> I have had the KX3/2m and SG Labs successfully working by simply selecting the KX3 2m band (i.e the KX3 VFO displays 144.200Mhz etc) and driving the SGLabs box with 144Mhz signals.
>
> …and if interested in prior UK adventure with my KX3/SGLabs box check out https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black <https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black>
>
> As a SOTA guy mental arithmetic on a peak can be faulty and so I would prefer to configure one of the spare XVn (2-9) for 1296Mhz display/operation.
>
> I have left the 2m XV1 parameters untouched and set the XV2 parameters as follows;
>
> XV2 (on) = Yes
> XV2 (RF) = 1296
> XV2 (IF) = 50
> XV2 (Pwr) = 3.0
> XV2 (OFS) = 0
> XV2 (Adr) = trn1
>
> Unfortunately I am not driving the SG-Lab transverter with these XV2 settings and the band set to XV2 (i.e the one between 144 and 1.8Mhz
>
> What have I misconfigured?
>

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Thanks but 144 does not show up as an option when I select XV2 IF. Options are 7,14,28 and 50.

Do I need to enable something else to get 144 as an option?

Paul

> On May 9, 2019, at 7:44 PM, Don Wilhelm <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> You are telling the KX3 to use the 50 MHz output (on the BNC connector) and not the 144 MHz output from the 2 meter option.
> Change the XV2 IF parameter to 144.
>
> The XV2 ADR parameter gives the band decode that will be sent when that transverter is selected, and can be used to activate your 1296 transverter if you decode the band data correctly.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>> On 5/9/2019 10:13 AM, Paul Gacek via Elecraft wrote:
>> I have had the KX3/2m and SG Labs successfully working by simply selecting the KX3 2m band (i.e the KX3 VFO displays 144.200Mhz etc) and driving the SGLabs box with 144Mhz signals.
>> …and if interested in prior UK adventure with my KX3/SGLabs box check out https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black <https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black>
>> As a SOTA guy mental arithmetic on a peak can be faulty and so I would prefer to configure one of the spare XVn (2-9) for 1296Mhz display/operation.
>> I have left the 2m XV1 parameters untouched and set the XV2 parameters as follows;
>> XV2 (on) = Yes
>> XV2 (RF) = 1296
>> XV2 (IF) = 50
>> XV2 (Pwr) = 3.0
>> XV2 (OFS) = 0
>> XV2 (Adr) = trn1
>> Unfortunately I am not driving the SG-Lab transverter with these XV2 settings and the band set to XV2 (i.e the one between 144 and 1.8Mhz
>> What have I misconfigured?

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Just to close this out it turns out that the incorrect setting I had was XV2(Adr) = trn1.

Per Elecraft support I should have selected XV2(Adr) = int.trn0

The correct settings (which are different than configuring a K3) are;

XV2 (on) = Yes
XV2 (RF) = 1296
XV2 (IF) = 50
XV2 (Pwr) = 3.0
XV2 (OFS) = 0
XV2 (Adr) = int.trn0

Now works!!

Thanks to everyone that offered up suggestions.

Paul
W6PNG/M0SNA

> On May 9, 2019, at 3:13 PM, Paul Gacek via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I have had the KX3/2m and SG Labs successfully working by simply selecting the KX3 2m band (i.e the KX3 VFO displays 144.200Mhz etc) and driving the SGLabs box with 144Mhz signals.
>
> …and if interested in prior UK adventure with my KX3/SGLabs box check out https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black <https://w6png.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/black-is-black>
>
> As a SOTA guy mental arithmetic on a peak can be faulty and so I would prefer to configure one of the spare XVn (2-9) for 1296Mhz display/operation.
>
> I have left the 2m XV1 parameters untouched and set the XV2 parameters as follows;
>
> XV2 (on) = Yes
> XV2 (RF) = 1296
> XV2 (IF) = 50
> XV2 (Pwr) = 3.0
> XV2 (OFS) = 0
> XV2 (Adr) = trn1
>
> Unfortunately I am not driving the SG-Lab transverter with these XV2 settings and the band set to XV2 (i.e the one between 144 and 1.8Mhz
>
> What have I misconfigured?
>
> Paul
> W6PNG/M0SNA
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