[Elecraft] 136 kHz band

[KENNETH ROBERT MCGUIRE]

On Sun, 12 May 2002, Dave Johnson wrote:

> 50 MHz and 144 MHz transverter kits to use those spare holes in the
> rear panel would be nice for a start <g>... Any timescales for these
> Wayne and Eric?

From what I understand, there are great transverter kits available from
Downeast Microwave.  I really wonder is there is the market to justify
another company entering the fray.  Of course, as someone who might BUY a
transverter kit, I would like some competition, but really am not sure
that this would make buisness sense for Elecraft.  I would like it if DEM
could make their enclosures look better, like Elecraft does, but
everything I have heard about their performance is first rate.

I am quite surprized that a separate transverter PORT option that accesses
a low level TX signal so that the user would not have to worry about an
attenuator as well as saving power by not running the finals hasn't come
out yet.

Ken McGuire
KC8LTL in EN74cp
at902@tcnet.org