Hi Bill,
I'm quite curious as to what you ran into when you attempted this. I have one
working, and as far as the number of steps taken to make it operable on 902, it
was pretty simple. The only thing I left out in my short list was bringing COR
out. Did I miss something, or did I just get lucky?
As to it's suitability for high RF environments, probably no more or no less
than any other mobile grade receiver. I wouldn't put one on a hilltop without
good external filtering - especially in the 900 band. They're not an MSF, but
then, that's not the point. They're cheap, they're readily available, and they
can be made to work, probably better than a Maxtrac.
I've also converted 800 radios to receive on the input side of the 800 band
(806-828) with the exact same procedure - hack software, tune VCO lower, retune
filter.
There seems to be enough interest to warrant writing this up, so I'll get going
on that.
Mel - WA6JBD
>
> Been there done that seven years ago...it is a liiittle
> more than the three items listed that need to be
> done........
> For the NUC RX idea, I have been thinking about doing a rx
> for that purpose, however, my concern is, will all that work
> have pay dirt...
> If some one can show the 902 rx front end is truly usable
> in high rf environment, I will work with them
> to...git-er-done... I currently have two 900 spectras in a
> sales catalog bag with wide duplexer and controller to
> operate on any one of the eighty channels 902-903 and
> 927-928. All that's needed is twelve volts and
> antenna.
> .
> Bill
> w4oo
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