As the proud owner of a Ten Tec 526 (6n2), I think you will enjoy it
immensely! It's my VHF rig in my Dakota. Now, if I can just find the
matching HF rig (Argonaut V), I'll be set!
--JohnK
73 de W5NNH
10X 75371/M&M 117/SMIRK 6185/Six Club 285/TRA 2499/Norcross 228 F&AM
Ed Purvis wrote:
> Thanks to all for the replies. Looks like I will forego the transverters
> and look
> for a Ten-Tec 6 n 2 or one of the imports. Just want to get on 2 meter SSB.
> Six meters would be a plus.
>
> I would prefer to buy from hams on this list.
>
> tnx, Ed
>
>
>
> Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery.
> Today is a gift, that is why it is called the present.
>
> --- On Sat, 12/19/09, Steve Berg <wa9jml@tbc.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Steve Berg <wa9jml@tbc.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Transverter Question
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 11:54 PM
>
>
> The XV144 does not have any means of warping the local oscillator on
> frequency. Mine is about 4 KHz high. I asked them about this, and they
> told me that it is really easy to program the offset into your K2. I
> guess, you are supposed to buy one of those too... I do run the XV50
> with my Omni V.9. I tried the 0DBm ports on the transceiver, but the
> transverter tends to oscillate at that drive level, which wiped out a
> set of final transistors in the Mirage brick, so I am using it with the
> transmit and receive ports on the transverter separated, and using the
> separate TX & RX ports on the Omni. My XV144 has similar RF output
> instability problems, but with some assistance from Elecraft tech
> support, I have stabilized them enough to be usable. My Omni also has
> the QRP power control mod, so I drive the transverter with a few watts
> of output. This seems to work pretty well, but I am waiting for the
> revised Down East Microwave transverters to ship, and I will order one
> of their 6 meter models then. I have run both of the Elecraft
> transverters reasonably well with my Argonaut II which has been modified
> so that I can hard key them off of the otherwise not used linear
> amplifier keying option. On 2 meters, I now use a Kenwood TS790A which
> is on frequency, and also gives me 432 MHz capabilities.
>
> Ed Purvis wrote:
>
>> Has anyone paired up the Paragon II and Elecraft's XV-144 transverter?
>>
>> Info on any other combination would be appreciated also.
>>
>> thanks,
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>> Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery.
>> Today is a gift, that is why it is called the present.
>>
>>
>>
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