The 222 MHz transverter design by W1VT that appeared in July 1993 QEX
is a high-performance unit. It does require three circuit boards which
contain printed hairpin filters. (I made mine myself.)
If you're inclined to build something from scratch, I highly recommend
this circuit.
73, Zack W9SZ
On 12/14/14, Dan Evans <dan.evans@insightbb.com> wrote:
> I wanted to take a minute to thank everyone for all of the replies.
>
> The general consensus is these could be a fun project, but they are a long
> way from a high performance transverter. However, I'm still considering
> buying one and installing it in the empty battery compartment in my
> FT897D...
>
> Although I plan to stick with my original plan to buy a DEMI unit sometime
> in the spring.
>
> 73
> Dan
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf
> Of Erich
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:56 PM
> To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] ebay 222 transverter boards
>
> The PA transistor he is showing there certainly has the capability of
> producing the 10W. I have been looking at that one for some of my
> projects. Without going through a full circuit analysis, it looks like
> a fairly straightforward basic transverter,. It uses dual gate MOSFETs
> for mixers with no LNA, so I would be concerned about the NF and third
> order intercept point. It looks like it uses diode switching for the
> T/R switching. Looks like some packaged 97 MHz commercial oscillator
> for the LO; would like to know what the accuracy and stability of that
> is as well.
>
> 73, Erich
> N6FD
> DM15dp
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