[Elecraft] K3 60-Meter Dial Display Frequencies

[Don Wilhelm]

Ian is correct - yes, I was thinking of DATA modes PSK D and FSK D.

The general answer is to "know your transceiver" and how it displays the 
transmit frequency.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/22/2014 6:10 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> You did not specify the mode, but I can answer for any mode.
> Actually he specified "USB and CW" (twice)
>
>
>> For SSB, take the FCC specified center frequencies, and subtract 1.5 kHz for
>> the USB carrier frequency.
>> For CW and narrowband data modes, the Elecraft display will be at the
>> specified center frequencies.
>>
>> For SSB, the K2, K3 and KX3 display the suppressed carrier frequency, and
>> the regulations require that the USB signal be centered on the channel -
>> subtracting 1.5 kHz will provide that centering.
>> For CW and soundcard data modes, Elecraft gear displays the transmit carrier
>> frequency, and that should be the channel center.
> Err, no - (at least on the K3) in "DATA A" submode, which would
> typically be used for soundcard data modes, the dial frequency is that
> of the suppressed carrier for USB (or LSB, if REV is selected), so one
> method would be to use the USB dial frequency (channel center minus
> 1500Hz) and use (only) a 1500Hz offset (on the waterfall) in the
> digital mode software.
>
> Only for the sub-modes ending with 'D' would it be appropriate to use
> the channel center frequency. Actually for FSK, the dial will show the
> mark frequency, so to be completely centered in the channel, you
> probably should offset by half of the shift (e.g. 85Hz), but I doubt
> you'd get cited for being 85Hz off.
>
> Anyway, to answer the original question; the channel frequencies for
> CW and USB are listed at:
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/new-60-meter-privileges-now-in-effect
>
> and should be used exactly as listed there for CW and USB modes on the K3.
>
> 73,
>
>      ~iain / N6ML
>
>
>
>
>> On 6/22/2014 5:32 PM, Bob Myers wrote:
>>> To our K3 60-Meter Operators…
>>>
>>> Can someone please give me a list of dial display frequencies used with a
>>> K3 for USB and CW on 60 Meters, all five Channels?
>>>
>>> I’ve seen much of the boilerplate information around talking about carrier
>>> vs dial frequency but some of it is conflicting.
>>>
>>> So, I was hoping an active K3 60-Meter operator using both USB and CW can
>>> tell me what his/her K3 dial displays for frequency when one is dead on the
>>> right frequency for each Channel and Mode (USB & CW).
>>>
>>>
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