[TenTec] Ten Tec 1209 Transverter

[Radiodan W7RF]

Hi Bob,

You probably mean the 1208.
No real problem, the TT transverter has high conversion gain. Use your
attenuator on the radio to reduce the noise.
Don't worry, you will NOT be reducing the sensitivity of the transverter or
your ability to receive signals.
Using the radios' attenuator will only reduce the (too high) gain of the IF
stage (your radio).

What I do is to use about 10 DB of attenuation in between the radio (my
TS-870 on ant-2) and the xverter. This way I keep the conversion gain down
and don't have to worry if I accidentally hit the xverter with 100 watts of
RF, although I usually turn down the TS-870 to about 50 watts (BEFORE the
attenuator pad).

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tentec@contesting.com [mailto:owner-tentec@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Brown, Robert
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4:35 AM
To: tentec@contesting.com
Subject: [TenTec] Ten Tec 1209 Transverter



I am plagued with noise on the 1209 transverter. I am using it with the
Pegasus (20 meter IF) and the noise level seems to be a constant S-8 signal
strength. I don't get the noise level when using the Alinco DX70th on 6
meters, but I like the Pegasus much better. Any suggestions about solving
the noise problem?
Bob - W8BOB

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