[Elecraft] Current MARS Radio

[Darryl J Kelly]

Current MARS radio is contingency support for the government
especially emergency communications in a very bad day, such as massive
power grid loss. Phone patch usage is minimal.
Unfortunately the K3 is not highly recommended for MARS use as it does
not have full power output from 2 to 30 Mhz. Low end radios from Icom,
Kenwood, and Yaesu with TCXOs and full coverage from 2 to 30 Mhz are
all that is needed. Encrypted digital and ALE are currently used as
well as SSB voice.
MARS has greatly evolved in the last few years and it is not what it
was 40 or 50 years ago.
Darryl, KK5IB