[Elecraft] XV 144 trasnverter for sale

[Jim Brown]

On 10/26/2023 10:20 AM, Clay Autery wrote:
> 1) It ain't Elecraft.

That could be a plus -- that 20 year old series of transverters had 
serious stability problems, thanks at least in part to seriously flawed 
construction. RF I/O was on BNCs that were isolated from the chassis! I 
bought a set of three used around that time, still have the 2M unit. I 
sold the 6M unit after the band started showing up on HF rigs, donated 
the 220 MHz unit to the N6RO contest station.

Their positive features are 1) RX had a pretty good front end; and 2) 
great flexibility with respect to RF drive on TX. I think I'd heard that 
frequency stability wasn't great, but don't take that for certain.

> 2) The XV-144 is out of production as you well know.
> 
> $600.00 is well within the realm of reasonable for the right buyer.

Not in light of the above.

73, Jim K9YC