[600MRG] ARC5 Receiver on 630m Question
John Langridge
kb5njd at gmail.com
Tue Aug 3 16:11:23 EDT 2021
Boy this may open up a can of worms....
In general, modern transceivers that cover 630 meters are going to run
rings around those older receivers because DSP is king these days for
weak signal work. I regularly run my bandwidth down to 120 or 50 Hz
to pull out weak CW stations. Selectivity also suffers based on
some of the reports from ops that have tried to use those rigs for
more than just novelty.
If your goal is CW, you may be able to hear stations and make it work
some of the time but the modern stuff is going to be far superior. For
WSJT digital modes, that RX is going to be a non-starter. There are
some vintage guys active but many of them are using vintage TX with
modern receivers..YMMV
A good commenter on this topic would be AB5S. I think he still favors
his modified IC-735 most of the time for CW (and 100% of the time for
digital modes) but has been known to listen with the ARC5 from what I
recall.
73 and GL,
John KB5NJD..
On 8/3/21, Ralph Wallio, W0RPK <W0RPK at netins.net> wrote:
> Please respond to Terry's ARC5 Receiver on 630m question directly via
> wb0nyd at yahoo.com.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [600MRG] 630m WAS List 02Aug21 attached
> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 05:04:59 +0000 (UTC)
> From: terry pokorny <wb0nyd at yahoo.com>
> To: Ralph Wallio, W0RPK <W0RPK at netins.net>
>
> *
> **I have a question for the group. I have 2 arc 5 command receivers
> that run in the vlf bart of the band and cover 600 meters. I was just
> wondering how well they work on this band.*
> *
> *
>
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