Wayne Burdick wrote: > What I > meant was that you *could* make a transverter for these bands and > interface it to the K3 via KXV3 module. We don't have plans to offer one > ourselves.
I've had a Palomar VLF Converter for years, works really great, and better with my K3. Converts [allegedly] DC to 500 KHz to 3.5 to 4.0 MHz. LORAN-C noise here on the US Pacific Coast is a bit of a problem, we're fairly close to Middletown CA which has a USCG LORAN station, but the loop will null most of it out. Seems to work good down to about 12 KHz, then things get mushy. I think I've even heard the power line carrier current telemetry ... we have a 145KV line close to us and I know it carries it, we have hydroelectric plants above and below us and I can see the chokes in the substations. That said, I haven't had the Palomar on for about a year, maybe I'll hook it up again and see what's there. There was some word [maybe urban legends] that the CG was going to shut down LORAN-C in the face of GPS. I've heard the West Coast 500KHZ ham beacon several times, can't remember the call now. I really can't see why Elecraft would want to delve into such a low volume market when there are a number of cheap alternatives already out there. I'd rather they work on the solid-state amps :-) As a High School senior at 16, I got to work ships at sea on 500Kcs from a coastal marine station as a relief operator. The Holy Frequency is eerily silent these days compared to then, when it was a sort of world-wide party-line. But, that was then and this is now. LoFer is sort of fun for awhile, but I can't transmit there and the fun tends to fade after I've identified all the NDB's I can hear. 73 and a Good New Year to all, Fred K6DGW Auburn CA USA ______________________________________________________________ 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
