[AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver

[C.L. Mitchell]

Guess these issues are why I built my own.
 
Mitch
K9PNP
 

> From: Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:18:32 -0500
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver
> 
> I never had one, there are a few receivers I never had or tried.
> They look good, and are simple enough to work well maybe.
> 
> I think they had a 455 KHz IF which opens up the ability to fit a good 
> filter in the radio.
> 
> Most of the vintage receivers had three major problems in my book, poor 
> selectivity, poor frequency resolution, and distortion and/or high 
> background noise.
> 
> Some vintage receivers sounded very good, but who know what frequency they 
> were on and forget about using them under battle conditions.
> Others were very accurate (Collins) and loaded with distortion and very poor 
> fidelity, others were just way too narrow (Drake).
> 
> RME receivers seem sort of rare....
> 
> Brett
> N2DTS
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Wright" <dwright12 at neb.rr.com>
> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Boat Anchor Receiver
> 
> 
> 
> Yeah...an RME 4350. I have a Ranger and a 4350 that need checked out and
> then I'll put 'em on!
> 
> 73 de Dan -- WAØJRD ..
> 
> 
> > Well, I never kept any equipment around long that looked ugly, so I can
> > relate a bit to wanting something to match.
> > I have no idea what would match a ranger well and still make a good
> > receiver.
> > I never liked most ham receivers for very long, the r390a lasted the
> > longest, up till the homebrew receivers were done, then it went out the
> > door.
> >
> > Maybe an old RME receiver would be a good match, they were on the small
> > side, no?
> >
> > Brett
> > N2DTS
> >
> >
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net
> AMRadio mailing list
> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/
> List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html
> List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
> Post: AMRadio at mailman.qth.net
> To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-request at mailman.qth.net with
> the word unsubscribe in the message body.
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
> Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net
> AMRadio mailing list
> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/
> List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html
> List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
> Post: AMRadio at mailman.qth.net
> To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-request at mailman.qth.net with
> the word unsubscribe in the message body.
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html