[Elecraft] ts-850s and transverter (XV144)

[Samir Popaja]

According to ts-850s manual, minimum power to set ts-850s is 20w.

Also, according to manual, one need to move coaxial cable from CN26 to CN25. Now one can use IF OUT to drive transverter. So far so good.

Antenna contact on ts-850s uses for receiving, IF OUT uses for driving transverter.

QUESTIONS:
-IF OUT -> How much power we have here? 1W, 1mW or...nothing in manual.
-PTT on transverter, what to use from ts-850s to PTT the transverter, how?

Samir, SM7VZX


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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:14:55 -0800
From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ts-850s and transverter (XV144)
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:50:59 +0100, Samir Popaja wrote:

>Is any chance to connect (interface) ts-850s with transverter for 
2m (Elecraft XV144) without special mods?

>Can someone write some easy "how to".

I did it with my XV220 several years ago, with no complications and 
it worked fine. I don't recall details of my hookup, but I think I 
simply reduced output power of the 850 to a very low level and drove 
the XV220 directly from the main output. I also added an outboard 
amp, and was running 100w. That was in Chicago, and I've since moved 
across the continent to California, and am not back on the air on 
VHF yet. 

The XV144 and XV220 are essentially the same unit, but with the RF 
design optimized for different bands. 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC