[ARC5] RME As Aircraft Radio (?!?)

[Geoff]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] RME As Aircraft Radio (?!?)


> Richard wrote:
>
>> For some reason RME liked the idea of a separate pre-selector.
>> Perhaps it was because it resulted in cheaper receivers and gave
>> them a second product to sell which could be applied to many
>> other receivers.
>
> The interesting thing, to me, is that RME sold a bunch of the DB-20
> preselectors to the USN under the USN CME-50063 nomenclature.  See
>
> Pictures and description: 
> http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/bapix/rme20.htm
> Manual:  http://www.ohio.edu/people/postr/bapix/rme20.htm
>
> 73,
> Mike / KK5F


Maybe their TRF receivers needed a boost at the bottom of the sunspot cycle.