[TenTec] Fw: [Icom] 222 MHz transverter...Ten Tec ...are you listening ??

[Jim Lowman]

Not sure about homebrewing one, but Down East Microwave has transverters
for 222 MHz, as well as 902 MHz, 1.2 GHz and above.

Assembled, they cost about $395; the kits are $100 less.

You might check them out at:

www.downeastmicrowave.com

This is something that I had in mind as a further use for the new 6/2m
all-mode transceiver that T-T has in the works.  I have an older model
Icom 706 that has only 6/2 meters (only 10 watts on 2m) as well as a
Yaesu FT-847 that could be used, as well.

Not only is the 222-MHz band not authorized outside Region 2, but use can
be very regional here in the US.  There are a *lot* of 222-MHz repeaters
here in SoCal.  Some think of it as a refuge from 2m, since there is at
least one repeater on every coordinated frequency pair on 2m.  Friends
who operate in the VHF/UHF contests find quite a bit of SSB activity on
222 MHZ, but 1.2 GHz seems to be gaining ground at a faster rate.

73 de Jim - AD6CW


Brian Hemmis wrote:
> 
> There has been an on-going thread on the Icom group abt the need for an
> inexpensive way to get on 222mhz. I know there is a limited market but how
> much trouble would it be to make a 222 transverter to compliment your 6 and
> 2 meter series ? Brian K3USC

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