[Collins] UPGRADING THE 32S-1: SUMMARY

[Bud Hippisley, K2KIR]

As a former owner of first a 32S-1 and later a pair of 32S-3s, and as a 99% CW operator, I can assure you that Answer (2) below is absolutely the right answer.  Even if the 32S-1 is "extensively modified" and the balanced modulator circuitry is "perfectly" aligned, when conditions are good and signals are big, people CAN and WILL hear your spurious notes.  Been there, done that.

73 -- Bud, K2KIR

At 01:53 PM 2003-01-23 , Ed Tanton wrote:
>Thanks VERY much Ed... as a 99% CW op, Item 2 is the answer I suspected would be the summary's answer for me-but didn't know for sure... and if I can ever afford one, that's definitely the way I'll go!
>
>///snip
>
>>2)  Rather than go through the extensive modifications to the 32S-1 for
>>better CW operation, buy a 32S-3 and sell the 32S-1.
>>
>>///snip