Do any HK-based Rennlisters know whether Ku band is used in Hong Kong? I finally got around to mounting the mute switch and remote display for my V1 and my install is almost complete. I don't know whether I should be activating the Ku band function on the V1...HK is usually the same as the UK and according to the Valentine website Ku is used in some areas there.

TIA

From the Valentine site:

" I travel a lot in Europe. Will V1 work over there? - R.K., New York

Yes, with a few caveats. K and Ka bands there are the same as in the US, so all V1s (after a few very-early models) will work as good there as here. Ku band is found in Netherlands, Belgium and sometimes the UK (but not in the US). We've recently added Ku coverage with serial numbers ending 0600 or higher. Earlier V1s do not cover Ku.

What the Europeans call X band is sometimes different from the X band used in the US. So even the latest V1 could have this one blind spot.

Back to Ku for a moment, current-production V1s have coverage on that band installed but not "activated" as they leave the factory. For do-it-yourself instructions on activation, see www.valentine1.com/lab/mikeslabrpt3.asp elsewhere in this site."