[Elecraft] K3: the actul IF QRG ?

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

Per the K3 and KX3 Programmer's Reference:

"FI * (I.F. Center Frequency; GET only)
RSP format: Finnnn; where nnnn represents the last 4 digits of the
K3’s present I.F. center frequency in Hz.
Example: If nnnn = 5000, the I.F. center frequency is 8215000 Hz.
Intended for use with panadapters, which need
to keep track of the exact I.F. center frequency as filter bandwidths
and shifts are changed by the operator."

73,

    ~iain / N6ML


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:06 PM, KD7YZ Bob <kd7yz at denstarfarm.us> wrote:
> Howdy K3' people:
>
> I am playing with the SDR-IQ and a program called SDR-Radio.
> I previously thought that the K3 IF was 8.215mHz.
>
> However, today I ran K3-Utility and the Command Tester. I issued FI; and
> got back 6550 .. guessing that's a 6.550 megs.
>
> So I turned on 6m (internal not my XV500) and put the frequency to
> 50.067, that of the WZ8D/b , a beacon.
>
> I set the SDR-Radio console QRG to this new IF and somewhere around
> 6.499.094 I get a -80dbm CW ID of WZ8D.
>
> I could not find same beacon in the IF when the SDR-Radio QRG was set to
> rad the SDR-IQ box at 8.215
>
> so what's the real IF of my K3 when the K3-Util command FI; returns 6550?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> 73
> KD7YZ Bob
>
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