Posted by
w5tvw on
Jul 21, 2012; 9:07pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K1-Kit-Question-tp7559580p7559599.html
My K1 has been a great rig. I originally got it with the 4 band board
option setup for 40/30/20/15 meters. I later bought a 2 band board kit and
set it up for 80 and 17 meters. Some time later I got a second 2 band board
and purchased extra parts (all from Elecraft EXCEPT one crystal!) and set it
up for 160/80 meters. 160 is NOT a "stock" Elecraft sub kit for the 2 band
boards, but it works great on 1.8-1.9 Mhz on 160 for rare QRP forays there!
Yes, you have to exchange the boards and do a quick programming to let the
CPU know what bands are active and then reassemble the rig. Takes only a
few minutes. For the most part, my rig stays on the 4 band option except
midwinter when 160 and 80 are quiet.
If some method of fine frequency control was available ( built in) it would
be interesting to setup one band of a 2 band card for 60 meter CW!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Hystad
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 12:44 PM
To: Elecraft list
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 Kit Question
I would like confirmation on how the K1 is configured for 2-bands, 4-bands,
and 6-bands. I heard that for some of the configurations you must swap out
boards. Now, I think that this occurs when your order the two band version
originally and then get the 2-band option. I heard that these two boards
occupy the same slot so if you want to have four bands without having to
swap boards you should buy the 4-band version of the K1 to begin with.
Similar question for the 4 band version and the use of a 2-band option board
given a total of six bands. In this configuration do you need to swap out
the 4-band module board and swap in the 2-band in its place to operate the 2
bands on the 2-band option board.
Does any of this make sense?
I would appreciate it if someone would confirm the way this works. My
original plan was to get the 2-band K1 and get the 2-band option later but
if this requires swapping boards I would likely get the 4-band option to
begin with (maybe).
Thanks,
73, phil, K7PEH
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