[Elecraft] K1 VFO frequency range change

[Mike Morrow]

>I changed the VFO frequency range capacitor to 120 pf and now have
>a 178 khz tuning range. 

That's why I've always termed this option as the "180 kHz" option rather than Elecraft's "150 kHz" characterization.

>Since I only need 125 khz to reach the SKCC frequency of
>7120 khz, I may try a 100 pf capacitor.

There's a lot more Morse activity above 7120 kHz.  To me, that's more than worth the additional VFO span.

You mentioned having changed out the 30m hetrodyne crystal, which I assume means that your 30m band tuning now starts near 10 MHz.  Reducing VFO span to, say, 125 kHz will mean that you'll only be able to cover about the first 20 kHz of the 30m band.

73,
Mike / KK5F