[Elecraft] MARS operation problem

[W4GRJ]

Correction to my poor grammer, should have said ".....Waiting to hear back
from Elecraft to see if they can move the lower limit freq up a bit to xmit
in the 7.6Mhz area"


W4GRJ wrote:
> 
> Yes you are correct, just got off the phone with Elecraft ...it is due to
> the IF at approx 8.2Mhz.
> This is a big deal to me as a MARS/SHARES operator. Waiting to hear back
> from Elecraft to see if they can move the freq up a bit to xmit in this
> area. Otherwise, I will have to put my TS-480 back on the air...glad I
> caught this before selling the TS-480.
> 
> 
> 4Z5TO wrote:
>> 
>> This blocked tx freq. range is normal. 8 MHz is used for the IF, so
>> transmitting there'abouts would probably not be a good idea for the K3.
>> 
>> It's written down somewhere, I just can't recall where...
>> 
>> 73,
>> 4Z5TO
>> 
>> 
>> W4GRJ wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have done the open the transmit frequency software update. The radio
>>> will work on all freqs outside the Ham bands EXCEPT between 7.55Mhz and
>>> 8.99Mhz. Tried to check in to the SHARES net for the first time with my
>>> new K3 on freq aprox 7.6Mhz and got the BND END message.
>>> 
>>> Any other MARS operators can confirm same issue or is it unique to my
>>> rig? I have a call into Elecraft, but thought I would try here in the
>>> meantime.
>>> 
>>> Tnx,
>>> Jack
>>> W4GRJ / AFA4DG
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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