[NLRS] Adding 902 MHz

[David Palm]

On 9/18/09, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Isn't the FM activity higher in the band, like around 927 MHz?


Sure.  Ragchewing on 902.1 or even 902.5 FM would be very inappropriate.
But in my opinion putting an FM signal on, say, 902.5 within reach of
everybodys' transverters during a contest is a reasonable deviation from the
ARRL bandplan.


Depending on how much work you want to do, you can go the route I did. I got
> the template pattern from the ARRL for the original KK7B no-tune
> transverter, etched my own and built it. I came up with an obscure power
> module somewhere that isn't common in the USA, but it takes 1 mw of drive
> to
> get 10 watts out. I built my own 18 element loop Yagi too. I've worked a
> lot
> of people with it on SSB/CW.  I think the total monetary cost for all of
> that was around $70 including the
>
crystal for the LO.

Nice.  I think that ultimately I will be building a W1GHZ transverter for
this band (and another for 1296.)  I'll probably ping the group around the
beginning of 2010 to see if we can put together a group buy of parts for the
W1GHZ stuff.

But I continue to wonder if there isn't cheap commercial that could provide
a footprint on 902.5 FM just for some rover QSOs.

73,

David  W9HQ