[HBR] Birdies

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Brian,

My post didn't really have anything to do with those threads over on 
regenrx. As for 'putting up' with the regen overloading on strong 
signals that is really just part operating the radio. You will have to 
operate your HBR, too. Just it's different from a regen. With the regen 
you have to personally manage the gain control and incoming signal levels.

Once upon a time "Amateur Radio Licensees" were also referred to as "ham 
radio *operators*". Radios had to be "operated", not just listened to. 
Some still do. Regens in particular still do. There are quite a few 
knobs on that HBR. You might not have to use them as much as you use the 
few on a regen but you will have *operate* that HBR, too. I recall 
offering you encouragement with your HBR after you decided to do that 
instead of a regen. I'm not trying to change your mind. It's all good.

So are you going to clean up the HBR-8 or strip it for parts? I will 
suggest that getting the HBR-8 running nicely could help you with 
experience when you build your new HBR-32 <evil grin>.

73,

Bill  KU8H



On 01/12/2015 01:39 PM, Brian Burns wrote:
> Hello Bill,
>
> ~ Thanks,
>
> ~ You keep reminding me why I like regens <evil grin>
>
> That's what I like about them too, but I got almost no encouragement on the
> regenrx list for making a viable "communications receiver" that was a regen.
>
>
> And, I tried to whip up some enthusiasm for figuring out how the RAL did it,
> remember?Even Mr. Regen himself---Dave Newkirk---said that you just have to
> put up with the regen's poor strong adjacent channel signal handling
> performance.
>
> Come up with a regen design with the selectivity and strong signal handling
> ability of a superhet, and I'll build it. By the way, I think that can be
> done, but it will have to be by somebody that knows what he's doing---that
> leaves me out!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
>
>
>
>
>
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