[Elecraft] [KX1] Alignment Question

[Don Wilhelm]

Chris,

There is one thing that might produce the condition you state, and that 
is if you have 40 meters set for USB.  Tap the band button and see if 
there is a "u" in the left of the display when the "7" digit is displayed.

The KX1 firmware controls both the transmit and receive frequencies.  
The receive frequency is offset by whatever you set into the sidetone 
pitch, and the frequency indicated on the dial should be the transmit 
frequency.

So, if the transmit frequency is indeed off, it must be due to the firmware.
That has nothing to do with the BFO and DDS settings on the KX1.


Are you certain the receiver you are using to listen to the KX1 is in CW 
mode?  If it is in SSB mode, its dial indication may be shifted by the 
amount that receiver has set in its sidetone pitch parameter.  I know 
Yaesu changes the displayed frequency when going from SSB to CW, and 
they shift the transmit frequency when in CW mode.  Elecraft does it 
differently and always displays the transmit frequency, but shifts the 
frequency for receive.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/18/2012 2:39 PM, Chris Johnson wrote:
> I guess using the word "Dial" may be misleading.   I am simply trying to say that on 40m the frequency that is being transmitted on is 685 hz higher than what is on the display.   This is only on 40m.  The other 3 bands are pretty accurate.  The BFO and DDS menu options are set to 0.
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