[Elecraft] K3 and Mutek Transverter combo?

[Vic Goncharsky]

________________________________

Hi Pete,
I am not aware of the external Mutek transverter performance, but last September used my K3 with Kuhne TR 144H+40 in IARU R1 VHF championship at the UR7D VHF superstation. 
From: PETER HUTCHISON <peter.hutchison at btinternet.com>
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 4:58 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and Mutek Transverter combo?


Hi,
 
Bit of a long shot this but has anyone any experience of using a K3 with a Mutek transverter? I run the K3 (#7218) with the internal transverter but during a 2m contest yesterday the front end capability of the internal transverter was found wanting when exposed to strong adjacent signals. I already have a Mutek transverter but it was bought (cheaply) as untested and therefore I do not know if it is working. The strong signal capabilities of these transverters were legendary in their day. Therefore, I was hoping that someone on this site has successfully mated the 2 boxes together. Basically what I want to know is at the rear of the transverter there are 2 BNC sockets marked 'rx out' and 'tx/rx'. To what sockets on the I/O board to I need to connect these? And secondly, what do I need to ensure that the K£ is suitably programmed to communicate with the transverter (the instructions seem to be unclear to me...).
Any help would be appreciated. If the Mutek transverter is no good anyone got a decent Demi or completed Elecraft 2m transverter they wish to sell??!!
 
Many thanks for reading this plea. Any replies will be gratefully received (which is more than I can say for the internal transverter performance  yesterday!!)
 
Peter G4URT

 
______________________________________________________________
Elecraft mailing list
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net/
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html


The pair worked perfectly well with NO interference from S9+60 East EU contest big guns.
We experieced no K3 configuration problems as well.
Unfortunately I had no chance to compare Kuhne box with internal XV144 transverter since it arrived just B4 the contest and there was no time put it inside. Will try to do this in 3-rd subregional in July.
You can connect your external transverter to the corresponding K3 TRSVR IN/OUT and compare the performance by just switching the antenna.
 
73 Vic US5WE (UW5W in VHF contests)