> I noticed after the recent firmware upgrade that the main vfo will now
> go to 4025 khz. The other bands are still only 10khz outside of the
> bands. Maybe this is to accomodate MARS operation on 80? If it was
> electronically possible, it would of been nice to go 25 more khz to
> 4050.
When the Orion first shipped, the band edges were the hamband edges -
- nothing outside the ham bands. According to the specs, it was
supposed to have been 10Khz on each end.
I talked to the engineers about that, and they were concerned about the
BP filters being able to make even 10 Khz, which ultimately they must
have decided was ok -- since they did add the 10Khz. I suspect the issue
was the transmit side, rather than receive.
I recall someone else posting fairly recently about working with them to
get it to go a little further to reach some other MARS frequencies, and
that's probably why they stretched it on the top end of 80. Of course,
many MARS frequencies of interest are waaaay too far outside the ham
bands ....
Grant/NQ5T
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