[Boatanchors] Collins 75S-3 vs. Collins 51J-4

[Singley, Rodger]

I used a 51J-3 with my CE-200V for quite awhile and to help it out I used a Central Electronics sideband slicer.  The CE-200V is now paired with an NC-400 and the 51J-3 has joined a 32V-1 but the 51J-3 with the CE slicer was fine on SSB and I imagine the 51J-4 with either onboard or outboard product detector would be even better.

Rodger WQ9E


-----Original Message-----
From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of W8KZW
Sent: Mon 2/15/2010 4:11 PM
To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Boatanchors] Collins 75S-3 vs. Collins 51J-4
 
I ran a  75S-3 with my Central Electronics 100V for years back in the '70s &
'80s as WB5KZW (anybody work me?). I sold the transmitter - bad move on my
part - and moved to a 75S-3B as my S-line receiver when I acquired a 32S-3.

I have, within the last few months, acquired another 100V, a 75S-3, and a
51J-4, all of which are beautiful.

Both receivers need a little bench time, and I thought I'd get some opinions
on one compared to the other to help me decide which one to start on!  I
won't be running AM, and it will be about 50/50 ssb vs. CW.  The general
coverage RX of the J-4 is of little value to me in the tradeoff, but I think
it gets the nod in the "looks cool" category.

Thanks in advance for the input.

73,
Jeff
W8KZW
www.w8kzw.homestead.com





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