[Elecraft] [600MRG] Use of K3 on 600m (and below)

[Fred Jensen]

Help me out here ... if I go into TEST mode and send something, my K3 is 
really making RF, albeit not much?

As I accumulate birthdays, I find that, while my copy skill stays fairly 
constant, my "fine motor skills" are declining, and I don't get enough 
sending practice on the air.  I've been getting the exercise in TEST 
mode, sometimes with the KPA500 in OPERATE and an antenna connected on 
the belief that the manual was correct and I wasn't making any RF.  So 
far, I don't think I've sent any state secrets, credit card numbers, or 
other private information ... maybe I should put the dummy load on?

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
- www.cqp.org

On 9/11/2013 12:37 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:

> Yes, the lowest transverter IF is 7-MHz. Of course you can operate the
> K3 in low power transceive on any frequency from 490-KHz to 32-MHz if in
> the TEST mode.