HI Howard and thanks for the report.
I was interested in VHF early on, and I used a "Twoer" locally for
MARS. We all had XTALS for the local MARS frequency and we held a MARS
net weekly.
That was a long time back there....circa 1978.....
For 2M CW/SSB, I used a home built 6360 transverter that made about 5W.
That drove a pair of 4CX250Bs to about 600W. I ran a lot of meteor
scatter with that setup.....BTW, meteor scatter on 222 using MSK144 is
really a blast! It takes a bit longer than 2M or 6M, but you can make
contacts on 222 using meteors.....
73 Marshall K5QE
On 5/20/2023 6:48 PM, Howard Reynolds wrote:
Maybe we need a "World Above 144 MHz" column - hi. I notice that the new
Icom IC-905 is missing 222 MHz. Looks like we have to make even more noise
on that band for the major manufacturers to take note (My last QSL for 222
MHz VUCC was from my own grid, FM09). I was really hoping that Yaesu would
come out with a modern version of the FT-736R; didn't happen. A Q5 Signal
transverter takes care of that band now.
Tuesday's session was pretty nominal. Very nice signals from N1GC and
K9MRI. Sorry I didn't get back to try with AJ6T. Had a nice ragchew with
W1XR. Seems we both got hooked on VHF the same way with a Heathkit *Twoer*.
WA3EOQ
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