Well, you have me curious also, maybe I took the dark path for tuning the front end filters. I had to resort to silver paint (not cheap), a grinder, and a little blood and guts to tune those puppies. What's your story...... . bill w4oo . .
--- In [email protected], Mel Swanberg <wa6...@...> wrote: > > 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 > > jawjabill-- > > bellsouth- > > net >
