[Elecraft] New Transverter Kits

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 03:16:19PM -0700, Daniel Reynolds wrote:
> 
> The difference is that your 5 watt HT on 2 meters might manage 3-30 miles on
> FM, and your 5 watt CW K2 on 2 meters might manage 50 miles (or better)! 
> That's not including tropospheric ducting.

With directional antennas and/or a good location, it can be substantially 
better than 50 miles.  Also, in case it's not evident to everyone, you do not
need a KPA100 to drive the transverters to 20-25 watts output.  A "5W" K2
with the 144 MHz transverter is still capable of 20-25 watts on 144 MHz.

>                                           Satellites are another good reason
> to buy a 2nd K2! Anyone know if the K2 with a transverter will handle 10m/2m
> split?

The K2 is designed such that both VFOs are on the same band all the time.
I don't think that changes if one of the bands you want to use is a
transverter band.

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