[1000mp] cost of improved IMD performance

[Jeffrey Pawlan]

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Hare,Ed, W1RFI wrote:

> > It would be refreshing to see: "the transmit IMD of this product is
> > simply not acceptable for a modern radio.  We would expect to see
> > third order IMD results at least -36 dB and fifth order products
> > at least -46 dB.  Any manufacturer that releases a product which
> > fails to achieve that standard simply does not care about the
> > amateur market!"
>
> And you are willing to pay how much for this improvement?
>
> 73,
> Ed Hare, W1RFI


I have designed many receivers and transmitters and can see that the materials
cost within the 1000mp is under $350.00 and depending on the size of their
manufacturing run, it may be much less than that. The additional cost of making
the IMD improvement as stated above is probably less than $30.00. This cannot be
done as a retrofit; it is a different design.

73,

Jeffrey Pawlan, WA6KBL