04-10-2018, 12:25 PM
Hi All,
I'm after anyones experiences with using a FT-857 or 897 with transverters.
I've been led to believe that these rigs in particular have high RF power spikes on transmit, even when the power level is set to minimum, which, I'm afraid of blowing up my transverter I have coming.
Transverter will be a SG Labs 1296 one. From a few other posts I have read, nobody has reported any issues, but I wanted to double check with anyone on the forum who may have had issues?
857 is actually the rig I will be using in a remote configuration, so I will have a coax relay switching RF from the 2m output of the radio between a 2m amplifier and the IF input of the transverter with power being set on the radio to 5W maximum.
Regards
Hayden VK7HH
I'm after anyones experiences with using a FT-857 or 897 with transverters.
I've been led to believe that these rigs in particular have high RF power spikes on transmit, even when the power level is set to minimum, which, I'm afraid of blowing up my transverter I have coming.
Transverter will be a SG Labs 1296 one. From a few other posts I have read, nobody has reported any issues, but I wanted to double check with anyone on the forum who may have had issues?
857 is actually the rig I will be using in a remote configuration, so I will have a coax relay switching RF from the 2m output of the radio between a 2m amplifier and the IF input of the transverter with power being set on the radio to 5W maximum.
Regards
Hayden VK7HH