[TenTec] Viewing the 6 meter band

[Duane Grotophorst]

There are number of tricks that can be done to watch a
segment of a band, everything from straight forward
scanning to real expensive spectrum analyzers. What is
so appealing about the dual Pegasus (or Jupiter's in
Pegasus mode) is that you can click on each new spike
you see and never have to remember a frequency or
switch anything.

While the dual Pegasus plus transverter approach isn't
real inexpensive, it is still significantly less
costly than say a new Icom IC-756Pro. Even the RX320
could be used as the "sweeping" radio, unfortunately
it is too limited because of its 1200-baud serial
connection.

I'm really hoping that the 516 will have
Pegasus/Jupiter like (or significantly better)
computer interface capability and RX performance. At
$600 each it would be an excellent building block for
fully computerized station operation. Four of them
plus two transverters would make a nice dual RX/Sweep
display 6M and 2M station.

73,
Duane
N9DG


 
--- Lee Grimes <grix@teleport.com> wrote:
> 
> I read yesterday that one Tentec'er was using a pair
> of Pegasai to 1.monitor
> the band with the bandscope and 2.followup any
> acitivity seen on the
> bandscope with the other Peggi.  I do something
> similar.  I use an Icom 796
> on 6 meters.  I use a Kenwood TS-830 with a Ten Tec
> T-kit 6 meter receive
> converter bolstered by the T-kit preamp.  The 830 is
> connected to an SM-220
> scope with panadapter.  I use a good antenna switch
> to change the 5 element
> beam between the 706 and 830.  I can see the band on
> the scope 75 kc above
> and below the 50.125 calling freq.  If a blip
> happens, note the freq, switch
> ant to the 706, zoom in and call if I wish.  The
> T-kits work very well.  Fun
> to use in this manner...Lee K7INU
> 
> 
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