[Elecraft] Why Transverters?

[Trevor Day]

In message <0514B74864ACD511934400508BBB5E3415F846@EMAIL1>, Tim ORourke 
<TORourke@KaiserFT.com> writes
>TenTec xverters are fine for chasing grids and working casual DX on 6 with a
>4 element beam but if you ever have chance to try a high performance xverter
>such as a DEM or SSB you will know what i am talking abt. Feed a 128 element
Regular readers may remember that I recently posted a problem with RF 
feedback when using a transverter/PA combination with my K2.  The 
transverter in question was a DEMI and the PA a single 4CX-250B.  After 
a lot of chasing around, I eventually changed the transverter for my 
rather old, but effective, PW Meon (a UK kit design) and this has 
cleared the feedback problem; and to think I suspected the K2 at one 
point:((

Anyway, my query is this:  I am sorry to say that in order to save some 
time, when I ordered the DEMI 6m transverter, I ordered the ready built 
PCB version.  This was to fit into the EC2 enclosure.  The DEMI appears 
to have several long, and IMO untidy, above board wire links; largely 
carrying supply volts.  Is this normal for this transverter?  From an RF 
standpoint I feel quite uncomfortable about this.
Picture available at:
http://www.qsl.net/g3zyy

Trev G3ZYY
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Trevor Day