[NLRS] reply to transverters

[kf0q@arrl.net]

Hi Dan - welcome to the reflector.  Just a couple of comments on your 
transverter questions.  First of all transverters are great 
performers and can do a great job on the weak signal bands with some 
really hot front end RX.  Most of them can deliver enough power to 
drive a good sized brick as well so you can have a nice station on 
any given band with a transverter.  Your HTX10 is probably a good 
candidate for a transverter on 222.  The thing I never liked about 
the HTX10 was the lack of CW out of the box.  I guess some folks have 
added a mod to there rig to get on CW  - I will try to paste a link 
for that here:   www.qsl.net/n2ffl/htx10
 (found on qsl.net  search for n2ffl)
As for future bands 432 is an obvious choice and 1296 is great too. 
The kits can be built to save a few bucks - but plug in play is great 
too!   Please consider the 902/3 band too - I can work almost every 
station on 902 that I work on 1296 with less power (and antenna) it 
really is a great band.   (CW will be an issue with almost any of the 
bands 432 and above  - keep that in mind).  One thing that you need 
to look for is a hard keyed PTT output from your IF rig.  That comes 
in really handy when connecting those transverters.  Don't worry 
about PTT LO vs high  - either will work.  You may want to check with 
other HTX10 owners to see what they have found.  I have a Tentec 
xverter for 50Mhz too that works great with the RF sensed PTT, but 
down the road if you are keying microwave units RF sensing is no 
good.  So that's my opinion - others here may have a different one - 
that's the great thing about this forum you get (typically) more info 
than you ask for!  Good luck on the projects - hope to hear your new 
station on the band by the next contest.
73,
Matt , KF0Q
EN44ea