[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night RADIOS

[Terry Price]

Q5 Signal took over the lower 4 bands from DEMI some time ago. It was my understanding that the fellow who took over these had been building them for DEMI for some time and the quality is just as good as Steve had. I know they make the multiband transverter in a 25w and a high power version. Since they can use BCD data from your radio for auto bandswitching, seems a great way to go!

I bought my 736 within a month of when they arrived in the US, it's made a lot of contacts in almost 40 years but they are an old design and even with the Mutek mods on 2m and 70cm, it still doesn't hold a candlestick to my K3 and DEMI transverters.

Building an IF switch to run your HF rig with transverters is easy. There are many multipole SMA relays on ebay with high isolation and sometimes you can find them with aux contacts to handle PTT switching. Using transverters also makes sequencing for remote LNA's MUCH easier and WAY less chance of accidentally hitting the dreaded MOX button on your rig (I removed mine from my 736 after frying several LNA's!!)

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: VHFcontesting [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces+terry=directivesystems.com at contesting.com] On Behalf Of mike repinski via VHFcontesting
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 1:58 PM
To: wa3eoq at gmail.com; vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night RADIOS

Are there any opinions on the new multiband transverter that Down East was selling. Not sure who makes them? Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Reynolds <wa3eoq at gmail.com>
To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Sent: Wed, Dec 22, 2021 1:43 pm
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity Night RADIOS

For 222, I recently replaced my FT-736R + Amp with a K3s (on 28MHz) and Q5 Signal transverter L222-HP100; 100 watts output.  Won't go high power as my mast-mounted preamp won't take it.  The K3s/Q5 combination works very well.  The K3s can even be configured to have 222.100 etc. displayed on the frequency readout.

It's too bad that 222 isn't available outside Region 2.  I was hoping that Yaesu (or anyone) would come out with a replacement for the 736R, including 222, but it didn't happen.  Back in the dim times, I used transverters on 50MHz and up, so a transverter was nothing new.

Since Dave, K1WHS, has had to shut down on 222, and you still want FN43, I found him last evening on 160m CW - hi.  Nice signal on that band, too.
73,
Howard
WA3EOQ
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