On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Roger Sellers wrote:
> I've hooked up the transverter and gone around the 6 meter frequencies on all
> modes. Haven't heard a single CQ, dit-dot or anything else.
Yeah... Welcome to the Magic band... anytime your hear anything, it's
magic.
> I happened to turn the dial down below 14.00 ( below 50.00 MHz) and was
> surprised by a STRONG CLEAR voice. It seems I can hear my neighbors
> cordless phones in the 49MHz FM range great. I've even turned the beam
> and tweeked in a couple conversations.
Not something to really brag about... ;-)
> This tells me the Transverter is working... at least on 49MHz FM. Any
> thoughts on why I'm not hearing any valid 6 meter conversations??
Actually it tells me the converter section is working just dandy, do you
have any power out? If so, lets make a sked, maybe I you can hear me.
73! =paul= W8KC
Collector of Ten*Tecs and other fine plastics
www.acs.oakland.edu/~prvalko
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