[VHFcontesting] 222 Activity night RADIOS

[mikflathead at aol.com]

HA2 Hallicrafters good stuff. My first 2 meter rig was a Icom 551 6 meter radio with a Heath SB-500 2 meter transverter. The good old days.


-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Reynolds <wa3eoq at gmail.com>
To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Sent: Thu, Dec 23, 2021 4:23 pm
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 222 Activity night RADIOS

Another alternative to all transverters on 28MHz:  Back when I was
operating with the K3LNZ group, I ran the 2m station using a 28MHz IF.  I
think at least the 432 station (maybe one other) also used 28MHz.  To keep
the stations' IFs from talking to each other, I moved my 2m IF to 29MHz; no
circuitry changes were necessary, just another crystal for the LO.  What
made it even easier, I was using an HA2 Hallicrafters transverter which had
a front panel switch to select a second LO crystal.
73, Howard
WA3EOQ
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