[Elecraft] Transverters

Tue Aug 6 17:37:03 2002

At the risk of appearing naive and/or dumb, I just don't 'get it' when it
comes to transverters.

I guess if you wanted to convert from microwave 'inexpensively' you don't
have much choice. But otherwise, if you want to listen/operate on a
particular band why not just get a radio designed for that band instead of
'hacking' a rig that wasn't originally intended for it? First, as cheap as
VHF rigs these days are I just can't see how umm... 'forcing' an HF rig to
operate on VHF would be money better spent. I certainly can't think it would
perform as well as a rig specifically designed for 2 mtrs. Secondly, given
we're on the downward side of this solar cycle I'd say give it a year or two
or so and I suspect 6 mtr rigs will be cheap too ;)

Confounded,
Mike - AD5IU

----- Original Message -----
From: "w8krr" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:40 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Transverters

> I have a TenTec 1209 2/56M transverter, but the 1208
> is very similar.  I use mine with a Kenwood TS-700SP
> for 6M, and aside from a few "birdies", it works fine.
> I'm sure there are higher performance units than the 1208
> for the K2, but the TenTec, in my opinion, represents the
> "biggest bang for the buck".
> 73,
> Mike
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