[Elecraft] Re: Question for K1 builders/owners

[Jessie Oberreuter]

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Morrow, Michael A. wrote:
> I'm confused.  If you used the higher frequency crystal
> (18.1 MHz, the one intended for the 80 kHz span) and used
> a 160 kHz VFO span, your K1 would cover 10.1 to 10.26 MHz,
> which doesn't seem to align "align" with the other bands.
> I would think that using the 18.0 MHz crystal instead to
> allow coverage of 10.0 to 10.16 MHz (and thus WWV) would be
> more useful.

     It "aligns" to the extent that most of my operating is in the lower
50-60 khz of the other bands.  Although the WWV feature is nifty, I found
that a) I rarely used it, and b) I got tired of cranking the knob from the
low end to the high just to check 30m.  Now, all of my primary operating
segments are in the same dial range, and I can still operate in the novice
sections whenever I want to:

    Primary           Novice
 7.000 -  7.050   7.100 -  7.150
10.100 - 10.150
14.000 - 14.070
21.000 - 21.060  21.100 - 21.200 (can only tune to about 21.160)