XV432 Night Two
I put in about 75 minutes or so tonight. (I wish I had a bit more time.)
The transverter is pretty much done. The remaining piece is the final power transistor as the case is put together. I will try to tackle that sometime on Monday as it only take a few minutes to finish that up.
I am not sure when I will do the final alignment testing. I need to build the serial cable to hook up the XV144, XV222, and XV432 together. I also need to extend a serial cable from the shack to where next room where the transverters and amps live. (I have a coax patch panel in the next room to reduce the mess in my office, provide some flexibility so that any room can be a future radio room, and to give me centralized location to disconnect the coax in case of a lightning storm.)
I actually need to test my Elecraft K2 on SSB prior to aligning the transverters and integrating them with the amplifiers. I have had the SSB board in my K2 since it was built but I have never tested it, nor have I even hooked up a microphone to that rig... it has been CW only so far.
I would guess that I probably have about 5 hours into this kit with all of the starting/stopping and distractions. With some luck maybe I will have it on the air over one of the next couple of weekends as time permits.
73 de NG0R
The transverter is pretty much done. The remaining piece is the final power transistor as the case is put together. I will try to tackle that sometime on Monday as it only take a few minutes to finish that up.
I am not sure when I will do the final alignment testing. I need to build the serial cable to hook up the XV144, XV222, and XV432 together. I also need to extend a serial cable from the shack to where next room where the transverters and amps live. (I have a coax patch panel in the next room to reduce the mess in my office, provide some flexibility so that any room can be a future radio room, and to give me centralized location to disconnect the coax in case of a lightning storm.)
I actually need to test my Elecraft K2 on SSB prior to aligning the transverters and integrating them with the amplifiers. I have had the SSB board in my K2 since it was built but I have never tested it, nor have I even hooked up a microphone to that rig... it has been CW only so far.
I would guess that I probably have about 5 hours into this kit with all of the starting/stopping and distractions. With some luck maybe I will have it on the air over one of the next couple of weekends as time permits.
73 de NG0R