[Elecraft] Transverter confusion
Ian J Maude
ian at gb7mbc.net
Fri Nov 19 13:17:56 EST 2004
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 17:44, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Hello Ian:
>
> It's not your fault! The K60XV was added to the Elecraft lineup after the
> transverters. At that time a K2 would always have been set for 5 watts out
> to produce 20 watts on 144 mHz. Use the K2 power setting that should
> correspond to 20 watts.
Understand that Ron thanks.
>
> Of course, you must also have the transverter connected to the low-level RF
> output at the K2, and not to the Antenna BNC as shown in the diagrams in the
> section, "Connecting the Transverter to your Elecraft K2 Transceiver"
Now I am really confused :-) How am I supposed to set up the transverter then?
What connections should be made and what settings should I use? The low
level interface does not display 5 watts of course.
> The transverter manual needs a few updates, obviously. Thanks for catching
> that!
No problems. Take a look at page 56 while you are at it. Is the processor
U4, U1 or U6? Also a typo in the second line below figure 42.
Ian
--
Ian Maude G0VGS Morecambe Lancs UK | ian at gb7mbc.net
Sysop of GB7MBC, the Morecambe Bay Cluster
Running Linux and DXSpider | K2 #4044
Find out about Summits on the Air!
Visit the SOTA web site at http://www.sota.org.uk
More information about the Elecraft
mailing list