Absolutely! That's actually how I started out on the RS birds... Had a set of Drake B-line twins for HF, and got hold of the matching SC-2 receive converter and TC-2 transverter. Had a wire dipole in the attic for the 10 and 15 meter downlinks, and built a 2-meter turnstile for the uplink. Not sure if the 7300 has an output for a transverter, but with the power turned down (and attenuators, if needed), go nuts! Not being full-duplex will present some challenges (you could always use the 7300 for the uplink and an RTL-SDR for receive...)
George, KA3HSW
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ham Radio Essentials via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 5:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] VHF/UHF Transverter?
Hello,
I've been doing FM satellites for quite some time, and I am wondering if there is a cheap way to get into linear satellites. Could I use a transverter for VHF and UHF? I have an IC-7300 for HF. Could I just hook that up to a transverter and it would put out RF on VHF and UHF?
73 de W0AAE