Chris,
222 is a lot of fun and even though I usually have a conflict on Tuesday
evening activity night I do still try to get on and make a decent amount of
contacts from western ny. FN12bw.
I use a q5 5 band transverter and an icom 7610 for an IF radio. They work nice
together. Antennas are a pair of directive 16 element one above the other and
they work well. Owner of that company is a super nice guy. ;o)
If you can find a Harris channel 13 surplus amp they work great, some slight
connector mods, add some cooling and a low pass filter and you have 800 out for
25 in all day long. I’ve had mine in service for a couple years. You will need
a 50 volt power supply same as the larcan amps.
Good luck in your quest and congrats on retirement coming up, mine is in 7
months but who’s counting.
73 Jim n2jmh
On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 07:15:46 PM EDT, CHRISTOP PATTERSON
<w3cmp@comcast.net> wrote:
Hello all -
Planning for a return to VHF/UHF upon retirement at end of year. I am
impressed by the activity reports from 222MHz, and am thinking of adding it to
the station. I have never been on the band and am curious what most people are
using for radios - Transverters are the norm, but what about the IF radios,
antennas and amplifiers? What is considered adequate power for most work,
other than enough to melt the solder on a connector? Besides W6PQL amps, if
Jim is still making them, Lunar Link, and Larcan conversions, what amplifiers
and power levels are most people using? Has anyone successfully modified a 2
meter Commander II for 222MHz? Same for antennas. Looks like Terry and
Directive Systems, M2 and perhaps MFJ/CC are the players. What are the
preferred antenna setups for non-eme general use? Thanks for your responses.
73, Chris W3CMP
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