Modding a Retro-75 to 160M

[G4IPZ]

Hi all.
I've just finished building a new but never opened Retro-75 that one of my local ham radio club members was getting rid of.
It came with a couple of crystals suitable for UK (3615KHz) and European (3705 KHz) use and also the retro helper which I've yet to build.
The Retro is now built and cased and works fine but before I go further with the build I wonder if any forum members have ever put one onto 160M (1.8 - 2.0MHz UK).
It looks a very feasible project and would take me back to the 1960s when top band AM nets were everywhere and when the UK maximum was 10 watts at the antenna.
So if anyone has done anything similar I'd be interested to hear from you.
73s

Dale (Slim) Haines G4IPZ

[W1RKW]

Dale,
I have both the Retro40 and 75.  The only mod I did to them was audio.  So have no experience with shifting the operating freq.

I think if you send an email to Dave at Small Wonder Labs he probably can provide you with the changes necessary for putting your R.75 on 160.  I know he's provided numbers for converting from 75 to 40 before offering the 40m version.  I'm sure he can provide the same for 160.

[G4IPZ]

Thanks for that Bob.
I'll drop him a line tomorrow and see what he reckons. I'll post the info on here.

Cheers

Dale (Slim) Haines G4IPZ