[Elecraft] K1 1408 is underway

[Denis Dimick]

I did the 150 route and have been happy with my rig.. 



On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Christopher LaClair wrote:

> > Almost finished with the band module board. I have set it up for 17 meters
> > and 80khz of bandwidth. Can anyone comment on the plus or minus attributes
> > of 80khz vs 150 khz of band coverage? It would seem that the only reason
> to
> > select 150 would be for WWV reception on 30 meters or to listen to the
> > novice portion of 40?
> >
> > Jess
> >
> 
> I asked the same question of my local elmer WA7SPY (he's built both a K1 &
> K2) while building K1 #1390.
> There's a tradeoff between bandwith and tuning resolution (ie how much the
> freq changes for each turn of the knob),
> which is why Elecraft leaves the choice up to you.  The VFO pot on the K1
> has a fixed number of turns, so picking
> 150 KHz will about double the frequency change for every knob turn.  I chose
> 80 KHz and the resolution seems just right.
> 73,
> Chris WT1L
> 
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