[Elecraft] KX3-2M module?

[Stephen Prior]

Any idea of price yet?  Sorry if this is either premature or has already
been posted.

73 Stephen G4SJP


On 8 April 2014 22:43, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> Phase noise is quite low on 2 meters, since the LO for 2 meters is derived
> directly from the HF-6 meter synthesizer. We'll post measurements on this
> soon.
>
> The 2-meter module can be used on CW, SSB, and some data modes once the
> temperature compensation is applied. It is not just an FM/AM unit.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2014, at 2:36 PM, "Dave" <dave at g0dja.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > That sounds OK, at first glance Wayne,
> >
> > But, what about the phase noise of the LO?  You made a thing about
> limiting these on HF, but on VHF and UHF it is equally important, if not
> more so given that band and even sky noise will be a lot lower than on the
> HF bands.
> >
> > Is the 2M module really just an FM unit, or something that we who use
> narrowband modes, like CW and PSK31 would only just put up with and is
> really only going to be of any real use to FM (and/or AM) operators?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com>
> > To: "Oliver Dröse" <droese at necg.de>
> > Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 8:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3-2M module?
> >
> >
> > Hi Oliver,
> >
> > Frequency corrections due to temperature compensation can occur as often
> as once per second, though they happen less often during steady-state
> receive or transmit. We're limited by synthesizer step size to corrections
> of about +/- 3 Hz at 2 m.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
>
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