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Reply To: | Mike Duke, K5XU |
Date: | Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:45:08 -0600 |
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Did anyone here ever run one of the hi-gain CB boards that a lot of people
converted to 10 meter FM in the late 70s and early 80s?
I think it was Bob Heil who designed the mod.
They wouldn't work repeater splits, but I heard and worked bunches of them
on simplex when I bought my TS440 in 1986.
I never owned one of the FM conversion units, but I still have an AM only
unit from Sharp that works great on 10 meters. The first contact I made with
it was with a KH6 who was also running a converted Sears Road Talker.
I can't wait for 10 to get hot again, or even just a little warm, so I can
fire that rig up for another solar season. With a little luck, I'll have my
Lafayette HA410, which is a plate modulated AM only box going by then too.
I also have a Radio Shack HTX10 which will work great on FM as long as I
don't need a PL tone, and as long as I power it up often enough to maintain
the off set and the memory storage.
I could use the TS570, but there's just something fun about making contacts
with cheap, low power rigs that some hams openly call "Junk."
Mike Duke, K5XU,
Certified Pack Rat
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
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