You're quite welcome, Sly!

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Jim, many thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. I know a bit more where to look and what to look for. 73, Sly VA2YZX

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Ordinarily, a transverter will align the bottom of the VHF band with the bottom of the HF band. So, 28 MHz in will give you 50 MHz out, 29 MHz in will give you 51 MHz out, and so on. Some HF transceiv

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I would probably buy direct from transverters-store.com. The link may actually be to the same vendor, but it may also be to someone who sells an inferior product. I have bought several items direct fr

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As someone that has built several radios for 6M and operates there on a regular basis... I'll hit the high points. Keep in mind unlike HF signal at a distance are often weak. FOR USA: Band plan is 50.

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That’s a good find. Judging by what is said in the description, this source is approved by that Ukrainian developer. It’s irritating to see gear from sources like QRP Guys copied by Chinese sources do

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... i forgot a subsequent question: how do you know what frequency you are transmitting on, since there does not seem to be a frequency readout ? 73 Sly VA2YZX

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Thanks Jim for your explanation, it all starts to make sense now. Thant explains why the "input" has such a wide MHz range. I found other vendors who seem to sell the same kit with attenuator: https:/

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That may have been true at one time, but it isn't true now. Years ago, hams who had a 2 meter radio (for example) would triple the CW or FM output to get on 70 centimeters. This provided a CW or FM tr

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Perhaps it is some issue with customs or with the shipping firm he uses. I imagine he does ship to the U.S., so you might have ship to a friend there.It’s not like you’re ordering something illegal. G

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Thanks Mike, Apparently he does not ship to Canada, but i'll ask him just in case. That would be awesome if he did, until i can build something myself one of these days. I'd love to do meteor scatter

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Many thanks Tim, ill look into this for sure. Sly VA2YZX

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This guy in the Ukraine makes a variety of all-mode HF to VHF transverters. He starts with 10 meters, since that has the widest HF band and thus offers the widest range when translated. Just keep in m

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Sly, Transverters generally work by tripling or 5x (144 Mhz) the transmitter output. The tranmistter clearly has to be attenuated for this to happen and the power is added later with a class C amplifi

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Thanks Dean, so a transverter might be the solution then... i am not sure though of what frequency would be converted to 6m. Would it work from 40m? 73, Sly VA2YZX

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I've successfully built a 10m version, but stopped short of 6m one as the fst3253 ic is being pushed a little to far for this band. Having said that I know of one ham that has built and is using one f

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Good morning all, I am new in this group, and I just finished building my QCXmini 40m with success. While it worked the first time i put the power on, I am still a beginner in electronics, even though

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Hi Razvan, Thanks for your measurement graph. I'm still not sure what I'm looking at; could you provide some more context? Is S11 the input signal and S21 the output signal of the original transformer

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Hi Geoff, I had to look up MMIC. Which MMIC did you use for 220? I'm interested in setting up WSPR for 440 MHz and maybe 925 MHz too and it would be really handy to know of suitable amplifier modules.

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...great expectations... not exactly the same, what I have done, but quite. I took a closer look on what to expect from the U3S Rx Transformer. I love qrp-labs kits because they lend themselves so nic

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