Kuhne Electronics MKU12G3 1.3GHz transverter

摘要

A transverter is a bidirectional frequency converter with separate transmit and a receive paths between an intermediate frequency (IF) band and the operating band. By far the most popular IF for transverting to and from the 1296MHz band is 144MHz. DB6NT, in conjunction with DF9LN, published a 1.3GHz transverter design in the European magazine Dubus 4/1992. This design was very popular and when DB6NT formed Kuhne Electronics the design was made available commercially as the MKU 13 G. It was later upgraded to the G2. The obsolescence of several key parts, together with the usual commercial imperative to update designs, has resulted in the recent release of the new G3 transverter. An external photograph of the new G3 is shown in Photo 1.