Hi David, Thanks for the information. I didn't realize that the XV432 didn't cover the whole 70cm band. This is good to know, as I intended to use the transverter to communicate with local 440 machines. I suppose it would be better for me then to go with the XV144, or just buy a 2m/440 base instead.
73, James KC2UEE -----Original Message----- From: David Giles [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:20 PM To: KC2UEE Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft 70cm transverter, K3 and repeater access tones? Hello James, Repeaters on 10m and 6m are well within the K3's abilities. A K3 with XV144 (or any other 2m transverter with a 116MHz local oscillator) will cover repeaters between 144-146MHz. But 70cm is a bit of a problem. A K3 and XV432 will only cover 432 to 434MHz in stock form. In VK our repeaters are around 438 to 440MHz with a -5MHz offset. So with a K3+XV432, I could transmit into but not hear anything from them. One wish/suggestion I have made before is to modify the XV432 for a 6m IF. This would give it a 6MHz range. I have set up my lesser quality homebrew transverter this way and I get 432 to 438MHz - ideal for my main interest in satellites, but still not quite there for my local repeater. Hope this helps. 73 de David VK5DG KC2UEE wrote: > Dear group, > > I'm curious as to how this would work. Say I have an Elecraft 70cm > transverter connected to my K3. I'm assuming that if I wanted to use > the transverter to communicate with UHF repeaters I would select the > transverter via band button, set the mode to FM and select proper tone, > set power output on the transverter to 10w or less, and the transverter > will do the rest? I've never used a transverter before, so I apologize > if my question is a stupid one. > > 73, > James KC2UEE > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
