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N4EUK

KX3 and 2 Meters

I am the new owner of a slightly used (only on Sundays that didn't conflict
with baseball or football, according to the previous owner) KX3 and just
beginning to understand how it works. I am slowly reading each page of the
operator's manual and checking each function of each knob and button so I
can make contacts without messing up everything. I notice that 60 meter
frequencies are not programmed and I will have to do that.

One question I have, the answer to which I can't find anywhere in the
operator's manual, is why 144.000 (fully tunable to 148.000) comes up after
6 meters if the module to do this has not been produced. Is this just
there as a default and actually is an inoperative band for later use or
..... what??

Just wondering why this is not mentioned anywhere nor have I seen this
question on the reflector (of course, with the tons of e-mails, I may have
missed it.

Tnx & 73,

Steve, N4EUK
K2/100, KX3
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Richard E Neese

Re: KX3 and 2 Meters

On 6/10/2013 4:08 PM, Steve wrote:

> I am the new owner of a slightly used (only on Sundays that didn't conflict
> with baseball or football, according to the previous owner) KX3 and just
> beginning to understand how it works. I am slowly reading each page of the
> operator's manual and checking each function of each knob and button so I
> can make contacts without messing up everything. I notice that 60 meter
> frequencies are not programmed and I will have to do that.
>
> One question I have, the answer to which I can't find anywhere in the
> operator's manual, is why 144.000 (fully tunable to 148.000) comes up after
> 6 meters if the module to do this has not been produced. Is this just
> there as a default and actually is an inoperative band for later use or
> ..... what??
>
> Just wondering why this is not mentioned anywhere nor have I seen this
> question on the reflector (of course, with the tons of e-mails, I may have
> missed it.
>
> Tnx & 73,
>
> Steve, N4EUK
> K2/100, KX3
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you might want to update the firmware . depending on what ver it is
currently running
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Rich Heineck

Re: KX3 and 2 Meters

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Hello Steve,

It sounds like the menu is set up for a 2m transverter. Go into the
menu and find XV1 ON, and make sure the selection is 'no' (before making
a change, you have to unlock it by holding RATE down for a few
seconds). Hope this helps.

73,
Rich AC7MA

On 06/10/2013 01:08 PM, Steve wrote:

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N4EUK

Re: KX3 and 2 Meters

Thanks, Rich. I have followed this suggestion and it has removed that band
from the up/down field. I don't have an external transverter of any kind,
so this feature is probablynot something I will be able to use.

The list has been very informative, as usualy.

steve, N4EUK

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Rich Heineck <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello Steve,
>
> It sounds like the menu is set up for a 2m transverter. Go into the menu
> and find XV1 ON, and make sure the selection is 'no' (before making a
> change, you have to unlock it by holding RATE down for a few seconds).
> Hope this helps.
>
> 73,
> Rich AC7MA
>
>
>
> On 06/10/2013 01:08 PM, Steve wrote:
>
>> I am the new owner of a slightly used (only on Sundays that didn't
>> conflict
>> with baseball or football, according to the previous owner) KX3 and just
>> beginning to understand how it works. I am slowly reading each page of
>> the
>> operator's manual and checking each function of each knob and button so I
>> can make contacts without messing up everything. I notice that 60 meter
>> frequencies are not programmed and I will have to do that.
>>
>> One question I have, the answer to which I can't find anywhere in the
>> operator's manual, is why 144.000 (fully tunable to 148.000) comes up
>> after
>> 6 meters if the module to do this has not been produced. Is this just
>> there as a default and actually is an inoperative band for later use or
>> ..... what??
>>
>> Just wondering why this is not mentioned anywhere nor have I seen this
>> question on the reflector (of course, with the tons of e-mails, I may have
>> missed it.
>>
>> Tnx & 73,
>>
>> Steve, N4EUK
>> K2/100, KX3
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