Amen Ed KD3Y
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:elecraft- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Goody K3NG > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 6:12 PM > To: Elecraft List > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CB band TX? - I'm shocked! > > I don't see a problem with CB transmit capabilities. In fact, I think > it should be configurable by the end user. Let me explain. > > Recently our county has been getting its act together in regards to > Emcomm, so we've been doing drills and educational programs at > meetings. As an amateur, you need to be prepared to communicate on > non-ham frequencies, like FRS or CB. Sometimes in a disaster situation > you may need to communicate with non-hams who are only equipped with FRS > or CB. One prime example of this in a drill we did was a trucker coming > in to deliver supplies to a shelter. We needed to "talk in" the driver > to the shelter over CB. > > As far as "soiling" your K3, look at it this way; you'll probably have > the sweetest, cleanest sounding AM signal on the CB band :-) Yea, I > know it's not type accepted for use in CB/Part 95, but neither are the > thousands of amplifiers and "specially tuned" chrome monsters you see on > eBay each day. Also, any CBer wanting a hot signal isn't going to buy > an Elecraft K3. For much less money they can buy one of those garbage > rigs and a "six pill" amp with more so-called "talk power". > > All my rigs are modified for "DC to daylight" transmit. Do I ever use > it? No, but it's good to know that if I'm ever put in the situation I > can fire up communications on most any band in a heartbeat. Sure, I can > wreak havoc on any band as well with my equipment and its expanded > functionality, but that's why we're licensed amateurs.....we know not to > do that stuff and we have the know how and motivation to use our powers > for good, not evil.... > > 73 > Goody > K3NG > > Ken Kopp wrote: > > Eric's reply (below) reads as if the K3 will TX in the 27 mHz > > CB band as built. Surely no self-respecting Elecraft owner > > would soil his radio by transmitting in the CB band! The > > radio should self-destruct if a user attempted to transmit > > there. > > > > It should -always- block CB band transmit. I don't know of a > > legitimate reason for a K3 to transmit on 27 Mhz anywhere > > in the world. > > > > Say it isn't so, please .... > > > > > > > -- > Blog: http://thek3ngreport.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
