[Elecraft] Re: general coverage (was: Sprint Summary)

[Wayne Burdick]

"Mark J. Dulcey" wrote:

> > You can
> > even do some high-AM-band DXing, as the K2 will tune typically to as low
> > as 1300 kHz when set for 160 meters.
> 
> Mine goes out of lock somewhere around 1500 kHz, so I don't get to listen to as much of the AM band as you do.

In this case you can parallel additional capacitance across the 160-m
VCO capacitor and move it down, if you'd like. If you never go above 1.9
MHz, you can add even more to the low end.


> > One significant missing segment was 5 MHz, but this will be addressed by
> > the future 60-meter option, which will be usable receive-only even if
> > the FCC doesn't authorize a ham band here. At that point you'll be able
> > to copy WWV at 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz on your K2.
> 
> The recent objection from the NTIA puts the fate of 60 meters in doubt. I still think something will happen, though it may take longer than we had hoped, and we may get a smaller band segment than originally envisioned.

True. But since some band, some time, is likely (and since some of our
customers in the U.K. have privilidges already), we'll push on with the option.


> Let's just hope they don't move the proposed band to include 4.915 MHz. The K2 will never be able to cover that frequency effectively (well, not without a modification far more extensive than planned), because it would be right on top of the IF.


I'd like to believe that whoever dreamed up the proposed band edge had
the K2 in mind ;)

73,
Wayne