I think 2M transverters are only for 144-146 because there's a plethora of 2M FM rigs already available, expensive and not expensive, single band and multi-band, mobile and fixed and handheld, new and used, and so on.
If you want on FM, you got a large range of options to choose from. Weak signal work is much more demanding technically and operationally, so the customer-base is smaller, so the mass-market cost reductions are just not there. IMHO only. Bob, NZ5A Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2012, at 8:29 PM, Terry Maurice <ve3...@execulink.com> wrote: On 29/11/2012 20:30, Jim Barber wrote: > . > FWIW, SSB Electronic is the only major supplier you didn't already name. Jim You have forgotten to mention Kuhne Electronic who are located in Germany. They make a range of very fine transverters, albeit expensive units. I have their 2m transverter and it is excellent. It too has a range of only 144 to 146MHz. Transverters are mostly designed for weak signal SSB and EME work. They are more sensitive than what is really needed for satellite work. Many commercial rigs do well with satellite communications. http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/en/products/transverter.html Terry _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/