low cost 10 meter rig

[Robert Bruninga]

Dang,
I bought two of those too on that excursion... I wonder where
they are... Hummh...  Bob, Wb4APR 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tacos-bounces+bruninga=nadn.navy.mil at amrad.org 
> [mailto:tacos-bounces+bruninga=nadn.navy.mil at amrad.org] On 
> Behalf Of wb4jfi
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 3:17 PM
> To: Dan Romanchik KB6NU
> Cc: Tacos
> Subject: Re: low cost 10 meter rig
> 
> I still have a Sears CB that was converted to 10M back in 
> February 1978
> (Sandy took a group of us AMRADers on a 4WD tour of the
various Sears
> stores in the DC area on GW birthday, during a heavy snow
storm).
> 
> You need to find the right crystals to move the synthesizers 
> to 10M, and
> the rig will not cover all of 10M.  Plus, the rig is still 
> channelized,
> and it becomes difficult without a computer printout to do
conversions
> between 10M frequencies and channels on the CB set.  Drove me
CRAZY!
> Let's see, 28.5MHz is channel 23 with the A switch flipped up,
but
> 28.55MHz is totally different....
> 
> I tried to fire mine up a couple years ago, when messing with
Propnet,
> but found it much too difficult to work with, plus the 10M mod
that it
> had did not even cover the Propnet frequency.  That's when I 
> bought the
> Rad Shak HTX-100.  Life's too short...
> 
> Maybe replacing the whole synth with a decent DDS would be a 
> much better
> solution.
> Terry
> 
> 
> Dan Romanchik KB6NU wrote:
> > What about CB conversions?  Wasn't that all the rage during 
> the peak of the last sunspot cycle?  I still have a Maxon CB 
> and KD1JV conversion kit that I never got around to building.
> >
> > 73!
> >
> > Dan KB6NU
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
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> > Station Manager, WA2HOM at the Hands-On Museum
(www.wa2hom.org)
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> >
> >
> > On Jul 6, 2010, at Jul 6,9:33 AM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> >
> >> Bill Liles <lilesw at gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Folks, the new techs hams can use the old novice and tech 
> HF spectrum.
> >>> I am trying to find a low cost way for these new hams to 
> get onto 10
> >>> meter SSB.  Does anyone have any ideas?  There are some 
> 10 meter kits
> >>> available but still expensive.
> >>>
> >> The solution that comes immediately to mind is CB-inspired 
> rigs from
> >> the likes of Ranger that weigh in at a bit under $300
street price.
> >> Not QRO, and not cheap compared to a 2m only mobile, but 
> they'll get
> >> you on 10 and 12m for a budget price.
> >>
> >> http://www.bigrigcbradio.com/rci_2950dx.html
> >>
> >>
> >>> Most of the high school students I run into have 
> computers.  Is there
> >>> a cheap SDR option of using their computer for most of 
> the processing?
> >>>
> >> Not sure that this is necessarily cheaper, all-in, and in
any event
> >> it's generally QRP compared to "real rigs", and while 
> that's fine for
> >> those of us who are up for a challenge, with the still
dismal solar
> >> flux numbers we're seeing it would be even worse for
sustaining
> >> interest than:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I find that some kids get the tech license and all they 
> ever find out
> >>> about is 2 meter repeaters and give it up.  I want to help
their
> >>> interest grow.
> >>>
> >> that.  I agree.
> >>
> >> -r
> >>
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