[Laser] LED Transverter for commercial manufacture

[Les Rayburn]

It seems to me that one impediment to the popularity of optical as a VHF/UHF “band” is that the efforts to date have been strictly “home brew”. While that is an exciting and enjoyable pursuit for many, we’re not likely to see any real growth in this mode until there is some standardization of equipment, modes, and operating procedures. 

Most VHF/UHF weak signal operators are very accustomed to using transverters already, so I think the idea of an LED transverter could prove to be very popular. Married to a common IF rig such as the Yaesu FT-817ND, this would allow operators to simply add the “optical” band to their capabilities by inserting the transverter into their chains. 

Many rovers already carry heavy duty tripods for use with 10GHz dishes, so swapping out for optical work would not be that difficult. 

If a commercial company, like Downeast Microwave could be enticed to add an optical transverter to do their product line, then I think we’d see some real growth in the popularity of this band. A transverter also opens the possibility of using more exotic modes such as WSJT to push the boundaries in terms of DX. 

I wonder if others on the list think this idea has merit? 

73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
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From: Tim Toast 
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 3:11 PM
To: laser at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [Laser] transverter and transceiver schematics

hi all,
I have posted Stuart's LED transceiver/transverter schematics on my 
site at: http://www.aladal.net/toast/detector.html 

-toast


      
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