++++++++++++++++++ Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 09:32:20 -0800 From: Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft Organization: EleCraft To: bejones at hursley.ibm.com CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net, locksbury at hotmail.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Tx lock enquiry Actually we do make a special version of the K2's IOC (that's where we store the band tables) that restricts TX to the ham bands. Several hams in Singapore and Thailand have requested them from us in the past. It is available for $29.00. While not listed on our price list at the moment (due to low demand) you can ask for the 'K2 TX Limited IOC' when ordering. The frequency limitations Nicholas mentions are a little more restrictive than those we have in the above part ( ex. stopping at 7.100 instead of 7.300). It sounds like he may be interpreting the rules more restrictively than necessary, but if there is a demand for a special 'M3' version of IOC chip, we can do it. 73, Eric WA6HHQ ============================== bejones at hursley.ibm.com wrote: > > Nicholas > The K2 does indeed transmit outside the UK bands - for > example 40m stops at 7100KHz here in the UK and goes to > 7300KHz in the US. However that is still inside the amateur bands > (albeit those for a different IARU region). > > If it is not simple for Elecraft to supply a custom UK microcontroller > then I wouldn't worry. The point made in the regs is to stop people > using SSB on 27MHz (illegal here in the UK). I even took my K2 > capable of transmitting outside UK bands to a 'test your equipment > evening' run by the RA at the local club. They were all very > impressed and I was very worried while they checked the harmonic > suppression but it came through with flying colours. -- snip -- +++++++++++++++++ From: "Nicholas Lokuciewski" To: bejones at hursley.ibm.com Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Tx lock enquiry Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 19:32:36 Well thank you for your replies. I will re-ring the RA tommorrow to double check this. With your persmission Brian may I qoute the body of your email when I ring them up? (Also I think they may wish me to use the chip mod anyway, since the original k2 will Tx on 10m of which I am not allowed) >If it is not simple for Elecraft to supply a custom UK microcontroller >then I wouldn't worry. The point made in the regs is to stop people >using SSB on 27MHz (illegal here in the UK). I even took my K2 >capable of transmitting outside UK bands to a 'test your equipment -- snip -- 73 2E1LOK Nicholas ++++++++++++++++ From: "Nicholas Lokuciewski" To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 23:30:05 Subject: [Elecraft] M3LOK = K2 - 10m Thankyou again for all you replies, this one was useful: >Firstly, there is no restriction on anyone importing a K2 kit from the > >States and I doubt if the RA are really interested if you have a radio > >which could operate on other frequencies/bands. OK so it's in black >and >white . . . just build the kit leaving out the bandpass filter >coils and >LPF toroids for Top-band and ten meters!!!! In the case of >top-band, it >uses an "Add-on" module . . . just don't buy it. Almost >every modern HF >transceiver has a general coverave RX and the tx WILL >transmit over the >whole range buy just removing or adding a diode or >two in the synthesiser. So could some devise a mod that would disable 10m by removal of toroids, coils, etc... As I am sure this would be useful to others and as mentioned above I'm sure the RA wont mind if the rig 'can' Tx outside the UK bands by +/- 0.2MHz. 73 2E1LOK Nicholas ++++++++++++++++++++++