Hello Scott,

SAL Technically, a transverter does both transmit and
receive. Personally, I would build a transverter at
the start. If you hear someone, you will invariably
want to talk to them as well...

I don't want to talk to beacons, but I imagine I'll hear
some hams too and eventually once I upgrade my license it
would make sense to have invested in a transvertor rather
than just a receive converter. I no longer have a radio that
that can receive CW on any band though, so a transverter
doesn't help unless I buy a receiver too...

73,
- Andy, KB9YLW