[TenTec] Transverter Question

[John Kemker]

As the proud owner of a Ten Tec 526 (6n2), I think you will enjoy it 
immensely!  It's my VHF rig in my Dakota.  Now, if I can just find the 
matching HF rig (Argonaut V), I'll be set!

--JohnK
73 de W5NNH
10X 75371/M&M 117/SMIRK 6185/Six Club 285/TRA 2499/Norcross 228 F&AM



Ed Purvis wrote:
>    Thanks to all for the replies.  Looks like I will forego the transverters and look
> for a Ten-Tec 6 n 2 or one of the imports.  Just want to get on 2 meter SSB.
> Six meters would be a plus.
>  
>    I would prefer to buy from hams on this list.
>  
>                                              tnx, Ed
>
>
>  
> Yesterday is history,  tomorrow is a mystery.
> Today is a gift,  that is why it is called the present.
>
> --- On Sat, 12/19/09, Steve Berg <wa9jml at tbc.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Steve Berg <wa9jml at tbc.net>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Transverter Question
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 11:54 PM
>
>
> 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
>>
>>
>>   
>> Yesterday is history,  tomorrow is a mystery.
>> Today is a gift,  that is why it is called the present.
>>
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