You could add capacitance across the coils and MAYBE get to 21.3-21.45 mHz. Joe W4AAB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Miller WB5OXQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] CB Conversion to 15 Meters Anyone?
> That is probably more than the coils could re tune to. Raising the freq you > remove turn from coil if needed but going down would require more turns per > coil and that would be very hard to do. Besides moving cb to 10 is only 1+ > MHZ. Easy to do and realign. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 10:24 PM > Subject: [AMRadio] CB Conversion to 15 Meters Anyone? > > > > In my junkbox, I have an old Johnson Messenger. This is the Messenger that > > was born on the citizens band, not the one originally built for 10 meters. > > I > > have encountered a few people who have converted these units, but they are > > limited to a crystal controled receiver along with the transmitter. What > > I'd > > really like to do with mine is convert it down to 15 meters. Has anyone > > ever > > done such a thing with any cb model? > > > > If so, I'd like to know about it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike Duke, K5XU > > American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > AMRadio mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb >