[Elecraft] Re: K60XV Transverter question

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I am currently using the K2 as an IF for the lower microwave bands.  I 
initially  modified some my transverters to accept lower drive  ( 0 DBM). I find it 
is not possible to get uniform  and  or adequate drive across more than 
perhaps 500 khz. When switching between  902 which requires a 29 mhz IF and 1296 
which requires a  28 MHZ IF  there is quite a variation in drive level. My 
solution was to use the K2's  other option which appeared software driven. This is 
changing from the OUT  settings "low" to OUT "high". I remodified the 
transverters to take higher drive  in the area of 33 DBM so they could be used with 
other equiptment and I could  vary the drive with the front panel power 
adjustment.. I was disapointed  to find that the OUT selection in the "High" position 
did not  work. Further reading in the manual revealed that although you can 
toggle  between "low" and "high" with the software, apparently the path of the RF 
 changes from the RX/TX on the KX60XV back to what it is without the K60XV. 
What  this effectively means is that the K60XV only works in the low power 
position so  that when you go to the "high" position to get more than 1 DBM you 
have to  ignore the fact the interface has a special transverter path  and rig 
it as  it would have been without the interface. Can someone explain the logic 
of this  to me or has this been straightened out in a later software version?
 
George Vaccaro
W1JHR