[Elecraft] [K3] Reconfiguring band boundaries

[Thomas Horsten]

Ok, if you insist on missing the point be my guest. But please read my
last post again, with your eyes open.


On 18 March 2011 00:31,  <n5ge at n5ge.com> wrote:
>
> Scanning with the key down is a very bad practice.  Don't do it!
>
> It is your responsibility to keep within your licensed band limits, so I believe
> that request is frivoless.
>
> Now if you had a license that allowed you to transmit outside the limits of your
> licensed bands such as the members on the Military Afilliate Radio System (MARS)
> here in the US it is a valid request which Elecraft will accomodate you with,
> but you are still expected to know your licenses band limits, especially when
> testing your equipment.
>
> Tom
> N5GE
>
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:45:19 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I sent a question about this to Elecraft support, but I didn't get a
>>reply so let me try the community..
>>
>>I've got a K3, serial no. 4208, and I would like to change it's band
>>settings so that it will match my UK licence. Currently, the "band
>>end" limitations are not correct for my region.
>>
>>For example, it will transmit on the section of the 80m band above
>>3800 that's not allocated in the UK, and the same for 40m at 7200 and
>>above.
>>
>>So I'd like to change the band limitations to lock the unallocated
>>sections out and avoid accidentally transmitting outside the licenced
>>bands. For example, I sometimes hit "TUNE" and scan up and down the
>>band to make sure that the SWR is reasonable across the entire band,
>>in this mode the VFO isn't displayed, but if I hit a programmed-in
>>band limit it stops by itself, but this doesn't prevent me from
>>transmitting out-of-band at 40m and 80m for example, because the upper
>>limit is not correct for my location and licence.
>>
>>Is there a way to reprogram this? It seems to me it should be a simple
>>firmware tweak.
>>
>>Any help/pointers would be appreciated!
>>
>>73, Thomas 2E0ETT
>>K3 # 4208
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