[TenTec] Transverter Question

[Steve Berg]

The XV144 does not have any means of warping the local oscillator on 
frequency.  Mine is about 4 KHz high.  I asked them about this, and they 
told me that it is really easy to program the offset into your K2.  I 
guess, you are supposed to buy one of those too...  I do run the XV50 
with my Omni V.9.  I tried the 0DBm ports on the transceiver, but the 
transverter tends to oscillate at that drive level, which wiped out a 
set of final transistors in the Mirage brick, so I am using it with the 
transmit and receive ports on the transverter separated, and using the 
separate TX & RX ports on the Omni.  My XV144 has similar RF output 
instability problems, but with some assistance from Elecraft tech 
support, I have stabilized them enough to be usable.  My Omni also has 
the QRP power control mod, so I drive the transverter with a few watts 
of output.  This seems to work pretty well, but I am waiting for the 
revised Down East Microwave transverters to ship, and I will order one 
of their 6 meter models then.  I have run both of the Elecraft 
transverters reasonably well with my Argonaut II which has been modified 
so that I can hard key them off of the otherwise not used linear 
amplifier keying option.  On 2 meters, I now use a Kenwood TS790A which 
is on frequency, and also gives me 432 MHz capabilities.

Ed Purvis wrote:
>    Has anyone paired up the Paragon II and Elecraft's XV-144 transverter?
>  
>    Info on any other combination would be appreciated also.
>  
>                               thanks,
>                                             Ed
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