[Elecraft] K1 Kit Question

[Sandy]

My K1 has been a great rig.  I originally got it with the 4 band board 
option setup for 40/30/20/15 meters.  I later bought a 2 band board kit and 
set it up for 80 and 17 meters.  Some time later I got a second 2 band board 
and purchased extra parts (all from Elecraft EXCEPT one crystal!) and set it 
up for 160/80 meters.  160 is NOT a "stock" Elecraft sub kit for the 2 band 
boards, but it works great on 1.8-1.9 Mhz on 160 for rare QRP forays there!

Yes, you have to exchange the boards and do a quick programming to let the 
CPU know what bands are active and then reassemble the rig.  Takes only a 
few minutes.  For the most part, my rig stays on the 4 band option except 
midwinter when 160 and 80 are quiet.

If some method of fine frequency control was available ( built in) it would 
be interesting to setup one band of a 2 band card for 60 meter CW!

73,

Sandy W5TVW

-----Original Message----- 
From: Phil Hystad
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 12:44 PM
To: Elecraft list
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 Kit Question

I would like confirmation on how the K1 is configured for 2-bands, 4-bands, 
and 6-bands.  I heard that for some of the configurations you must swap out 
boards.  Now, I think that this occurs when your order the two band version 
originally and then get the 2-band option.  I heard that these two boards 
occupy the same slot so if you want to have four bands without having to 
swap boards you should buy the 4-band version of the K1 to begin with.

Similar question for the 4 band version and the use of a 2-band option board 
given a total of six bands.  In this configuration do you need to swap out 
the 4-band module board and swap in the 2-band in its place to operate the 2 
bands on the 2-band option board.

Does any of this make sense?

I would appreciate it if someone would confirm the way this works.  My 
original plan was to get the 2-band K1 and get the 2-band option later but 
if this requires swapping boards I would likely get the 4-band option to 
begin with (maybe).

Thanks,

73, phil, K7PEH

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