I believe with some of the newer firmware, 3.03 and later, the K3 will cover above 30 MHz which would allow a standard XV144 to cover the full 4 Mhz. just as the k144xv will. Not sure how much IF rolloff there is but for FM, I'm sure it's better than any FM only rig!
Terry -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Wines Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:32 PM To: Bill Coleman; Jeff Kinzli N6GQ Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K144xv for K3 and noise figure Guys, Keep in mind that the XV144 stand-alone transverter only covers the bottom 2MHz (144-146) of the band and would be great for weak signal work with either the K2 or K3 because of its low noise figure higher power whereas the internal K144XV for the K3 covers the entire 144-148 MHz band but with lower power and somewhat worse noise figure. Make your choices according to your needs. As with other things in life, there are always trade-offs! :^) Don, K5DW ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
