[Elecraft] K3 and MARS

[Bob]

The frequencies are not all that secret.  Here are quite a few they 
announced for Armed Forces Day
this year:

http://www.netcom.army.mil/MARS/docs/ARMEDFORCESDAYFinal.pdf

I'll bet a little internet searching  will yield more.  They are close 
to the ham bands.

73,
Bob
K2TK



-.-. --.-N3TU -.-. --.- wrote:

>As a Mars member, I can't disclose the frequencies but you can get that
>through your state MARS director. You can google your state and MARS and go
>to the web page to get contact information.  Tell your MARS director before
>you fill out the application that your K3 can be modified for MARS and that
>you can't modify the radio until you get your MARS call sign and credentials
>to send to Elecraft. In the mean time, you can be studying the MARS manual.
>I am sure your MARS director will have a better understanding of whats going
>on and he will instruct  what to put in the application regarding if your
>radio is opened for MARS. See you on the bands. 
>
>
>
>Michael Fox (K5MEF) wrote:
>  
>
>>Is anyone using the K3 for MARS work?
>>
>>If so, can you contact me off-list to provide more info?
>>
>>I'm interested in getting involved with MARS.  But the application simply
>>asks if you're able to transmit/receive on MARS frequencies without
>>specifying what those frequencies are.  So, I'd like to know what
>>frequencies I need to worry about and what, if any, modifications are
>>needed
>>to the K3 to make it able to participate in MARS work.
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>73,
>>Michael - K5MEF
>> 
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