Steve, The first thing I would try is to locate some hams closer by that have already obtained a pallet full of surplus radios. If not in NZ, perhaps Australia. At least that should be cheaper shipping than coming from the North America--I think. If that approach doesn't pan out, perhaps some hams here in the USA would be willing to help by obtaining several radios, packaging and shipping as freight. In this scenario, only a few completely assembled radios might be included, with the remaining hardware stripped down to just printed circuit boards, excluding heavy chassis and heatsinks, to reduce shipping weight. Anybody else got any ideas about economically getting radios to NZ??? 73, David KB4FXC On Wed, 1 Jun 2016, Steve Wright wrote:
On 01/06/16 15:46, David McGough <kb4fxc@inttek.net> wrote:
As for directly modulating a VCO, that is a complex subject, assuming you need to stay within frequency and bandwidth tolerances, at is typically required. If you have a lab full of test equipment available, and are willing to put in the time designing a proper PLL filter, pulling this off is very do-able, and many have.
Yeah I think you're right there, as others have commented too. A bit awkward.
To ebay up a low band maratrac is fine - a $50 radio and $150 freight.. owch..
Steve
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