[Boatanchors] 51J3 vs SP600?

[GBrown]

Am I the only one that has a non drifting SP-600? Maybe for the first few
minutes of warm-up but after that, rock stable. As for tuning SSB, I have no
trouble doing that either, just takes a little playing with and in a short
time, you have the knack. I think that's what ham radio is about. Working
for those contacts, pulling them out of the qrm, twist and turn knobs. True,
I come from the old school and just a tad bit biased. Technology is great
..........for most things.
Regards,
Gary...WZ1M
----- Original Message -----
From: <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
To: "Eugene Hertz" <ehertz at tcaf.org>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] 51J3 vs SP600?


> If you want to receive digital signals or SSB then the 51J3 is
> incomparably better because the SP600 drifts like crazy.  And there is a
> product detector mod for the 51J3 that is a big improvement for SSB.
> And if you know the frequency you want to land on the 51J3 is also
> much better.  But I can accept the views of others that if you are
> just spinning the dials to see what's there then the SP600 is a lot
> easier to use.  And maybe if you are wanting broadcast quality audio
> rather than communications quality then the SP600 is better.
>
>
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> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
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