[ARC5] S+N/N ratio results.

Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2006 at frontier.com
Fri Jun 14 00:19:38 EDT 2013


On 13 Jun 2013 at 20:55, Dennis Monticelli wrote:

> I think these radios do just fine with weak signals on 40M or lower where
> the atmospheric noise is higher.  I put a passive DBM in front of a BC-453B
>  and it will capture whatever is above band noise.  Stability is good too.
>  The issue is CW selectivity.  You get used to what we did as novices, use
> the analog signal processor between our ears.

You know, our "wet filter" has a bandwidth of about 50 Hz...

I use mine all the time.

In fact, I really don't care for 500 Hz, or 250 Hz or 100 Hz filters: I like to keep track of what is 
above and below me a bit.

Kind of my own "wet spectrum analyzer" I guess.

Ken W7EKB


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