[Elecraft] OT: K440XV?

[James Sarte]

That's a good point Gary.  One big difference and advantage with the K3
though is its modular construction.  If an internal transverter were to go
kaput, I imagine that one could just disable it in the settings until its
repaired or replaced.  HF would still work fine.  That may not be the case
with something like the TS-2000 or Icom's upcoming IC-9100.

Personally, a UHF rather than VHF option would have been better for me.  I
could see myself using the K3 as a UHF base station if that option were made
available.  There really isn't that much activity on 2m in my neck of the
woods except for the local hams who hang out on 146.520.  There are several
2 meter machines in close proximity, but I've never heard anything on them
except for the occasional broadcast ID.  On the other hand, NYC has a lot of
activity on 440.  More so than in any other part of the US I've been in.

Anyway, I may still purchase the K144XV for experimentation.  I've got good
height at my location, and a small log-periodic for 2m on the balcony might
be fun to play around with.

73,
James K2QI

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:56 PM, Gary Gregory <garyvk4fd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep, wishful thinking I reckon.
>
> There are two options I would not contemplate, 2M and 70CM and for that
> matter any higher frequencies.
>
> DC to Daylight radios might be attractive until something goes wrong, then
> your 'all in one box' system CAN take you off air completely and that for me
> would be kinda bad...no, make that a disaster...I just gotta have my daily
> HF 'fix' :-)
>
> YMMV
>
> Gary
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 4:26 AM, James Sarte <k2qi.nyc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello group,
>>
>> Is there any hardware limitation preventing the design and implementation
>> of
>> an internal UHF transverter?  In this day and age of DC to Daylight boxes,
>> I'm surprised that Elecraft only has a VHF module available for the K3.
>>  For
>> me, 2 meters isn't so useful in NYC.  If given the option, I would rather
>> have a UHF module in order to take advantage of the many active repeaters
>> near me.
>>
>> I know it's a long shot, but it would be nice to have an all-in-one K3
>> that
>> can go from 160 to 1.2Ghz.  Wishful thinking perhaps?
>>
>> --
>> 73 de James K2QI
>> President UNARC/4U1UN
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73 de James K2QI
President UNARC/4U1UN