[NJARC] 2-meter AM Operation

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Al and the other 2 meter AMers
Not long ago I got a bunch (about a cubic foot) of FT-243 and other
crystals, let me know what approximate channel number you pick and I will
see how many I can supply.
Regards,
Jim

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:00:08 -0700 Al Klase <skywaves at webex.net> writes:
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> Hi Marty,
> 
> By all means, connect me to the other mailing list, and 
> we'll take this to a better forum.
> 
> The Gonsets multiply the xtal by 18.  The 144.450 freq I 
> mentioned probably happened because of the WWII channel 364 
> FT-243 rocks are 8025KHz.  It would be tough to find more 
> than a couple of these.
> 
> We may be in luck.  There are microprocessor crystals at 
> 8192 for way less than a buck in the Mouser catalog.  That 
> would put us on 147.456MHz in the middle of a simplex 
> subband on the ARRL band plan.
> 
> Al
> 
> However
> Al Klase - N3FRQ
> Flemington, NJ
> http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
> 
> 
> Radiomf at aol.com wrote:
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> > Hi Al,
> >  Welcome to the AM 2 meter group. Getting enough crystals one one 
> frequency 
> > will be nearly impossible. There was a discussion on QRZ. com a 
> couple of 
> > months ago that said 145.57 was used in the northeast for AM. We 
> have a bunch of 
> > crystals that are much higher in the band. It will probably end up 
> like the old 
> > novice days where people had to tune the band to find signals. I 
> currently 
> > have my Heathkit Twoer set up for battery operation with the 
> vibrator power 
> > supply. I also am in the process of  getting 3 Gonset Communicator 
> II's that were 
> > generously donated to  "the cause" by Joe Cro on the air. I am 
> setting up an 
> > e-mail list for those interested in a net. There are over a dozen 
> on the list 
> > already. If anyone reading this want to be added let me know.
> > Marty Friedman 
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