[Lowfer] LF converter, 10 meter radio, hear 600 meters

[Andy - KU4XR]

OK Gentlemen:

Mulling ideas over in my head, and wondering if this idea will
perform at a satisfactorily level.  **  I have a Radio Shack
HTX-100, 10 meter mobile, USB & CW reception. It hears fine,
I have no interest in 10 meter mobiling anymore. So it's just
laying in a drawer wasting away. Jackson Harbor Press offers
an LF convertor;  http://home.att.net/~jacksonharbor/lfconv.htm
>From what I have read about it; ANY crystal frequency will work
with the converter. They offer 4 & 10 MHz Xtals, and an optional
14 MHz Xtal. QUESTION #1 ::: Would there be any reason that it
wouldn't work with a 28 MHz Xtal ??? This could put the HTX-100
into mobile operation for 600 meter reception with some slight
mods to extend its upper cutoff filter frequency.
QUESTION #2 ::: Being at 28 MHz, will the frequency readout
require adding or subtracting to know what frequency I'm hearing ?
The 10 MHz Xtal directly converts 393 KHz to a dial frequency of
10.393.00 MHz, but the 4 MHz Xtal makes you have to do some kind
of subtraction to be on a certain frequency. That's what I want
to know about using a 28 MHz Xtal.

Some thoughts please, I will appreciate it.  73 and HNY all :::



Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
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