[Elecraft] KX3-2M extended receive?

[riese-k3djc at juno.com]

Guys, Guys


Doing any extension of the front end capability would open the
transverter up to all the pagers, repeaters etc that live above 149
I live next to a hospital and the internal pagers rip apart the
DEM verter I use ,,, it would be Madness

Bob K3DJC

On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 16:13:25 -0800 (PST) Steve KC8QVO <kc8qvo at yahoo.com>
writes:
> Andrew,
> 
> I am very impatiently awaiting the details like you are on this 
> subject.
> What I can share from what I have learned here on the list is that 
> this has
> not in fact been detailed yet, that has been announced. The 2m 
> module is
> still in development. That having been said, it has been alluded to 
> that
> extended receive beyond the 2m band is probably not feasible. There 
> is a
> sensitivity limitation with the receiver. Also, the "IF" for the 2m
> "transverter" is 6m so there will not be the 2MHz band limitation as 
> would
> happen if 10m were used. 
> 
> If the KX3 receiver is general coverage and goes beyond the 6m band 
> I could
> see where some extended receive may be possible outside of the 2m 
> band,
> seeing as 6m is the pseudo IF. 
> 
> What I would like to see is the 2m module allowing receive up 
> through the
> weather band above 162MHz. When out backpacking it is a great aid to 
> get the
> NOAA weather reports. I got stuck hiking in the remnants of Tropical 
> Storm
> Lee in the Smoky Mountains last year and my HT was most often tuned 
> to NOAA
> hihi. 
> 
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