At 10:54 PM 9/1/2004 +0000, John Wilcox / NS1Z wrote:
I like to build and am looking at making 90? my next kit. Question is, there
are two versions: one for 902 and one for 903. I am not too interested in
building one that I can't use. Why the two versions?
Hi John,
I've been through the dilemma and started with a 902. The activity in the
eastern US is on 903MHz but in the west, it is on 902. There has been a
lot of talk (no action) on switching the weak signal calling freq to 902
but it hasn't happened yet. The reason I purchased a 902 rig was that I was
using a DSP-10 for the IF which made everything transparent. When my DSP
went south a year ago, I bought an FT817 which made 903 on a 902 rig
inconvenient as I needed to have the IF at 145MHZ for 903 and 144MHz for 1296.
The only difference between the two rigs is a crystal so if you pick up a
903 and later on down the road find you need 902, you just re-crystal the
rig. That is what I did to get a 903 rig but I saved the crystal for 902.
Lee Scott - AA1YN
Home of the VHF & Up Register http://www.aa1yn.com/vhf
Hooksett, NH
FN43gc52
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