[Elecraft] KX3: How much space inside?

[Ray Sills]

HI Julian:

And now that US TV broadcasting has almost all but vacated the 54-88  
MHz  band (Channels 2-6 here), the case can be made that a 70 MHz  
band would be good to have on this side of the pond.

73 de Ray
K2ULR
On May 24, 2011, at 5:24 PM, Julian, G4ILO wrote:

>
> M0XDF wrote:
>>
>> Yes, a good step - I really want this to be an FT-817 killer.
>> I can live without 70cm, but 2m SSB is quite important to me for UKAC
>> contests, FM would just be more icing on the cake.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, 2m is one of the most popular bands for SOTA activations which  
> I guess
> the KX3 would be popular for. It would also take maximum advantage  
> of the
> all mode capability. Whilst 70cm would be nice, I guess it would be
> expecting too much for there to be space for two internal transverter
> modules.
>
> The other thing that would be a huge selling point in Europe if it  
> could be
> designed in is support for the 4m band. There is no radio that  
> covers 4m
> apart from a couple of cheap Chinese FM handies. A lot of countries  
> have 4m
> now and again it is a popular band for SOTA activations. I don't know
> whether it is feasible to push the upper frequency limit from 50MHz  
> to 70MHz
> but I am sure there are people who would buy one for that reason  
> alone, if
> it were possible.
>
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