[Elecraft] New Bands

[Wayne Burdick]

The K4 should work at 40-41 MHz without modification, though I wouldn't guarantee specs without performance testing.

73,
Wayne
N6KR



> On Jun 27, 2019, at 2:52 PM, Ed K1EP <k1ep.list at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe for RX. For TX, you have to consider spurs, harmonics, filters and
> other technicalities. So, it is not trivial.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 17:36 Dennis Moore <dennis at mail4life.net> wrote:
> 
>> SDR, should just be a modification to the firmware.
>> 
>> Dennis NJ6G
>> 
>> On 6/27/2019 13:44, David Gilbert wrote:
>>> A friend just advised me of a new FCC Petition for Rule Making that
>>> requests the creation of a new amateur band for 8m somewhere between
>>> 40 and 41 MHz.
>>> 
>>> https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/105260090923685/8%20meter%20PRM.pdf
>>> 
>>> I doubt it gets any traction, but it makes me curious if any mods
>>> (software or hardware) would be practical to allow the K3 or K3s or K4
>>> to cover that range.  I suspect the upper low pass band filter would
>>> preclude that possibility.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Dave  AB7E