[JRC] CHE-199 Sensitivity

[N8GMB@aol.com]

Dear Rick,

Every write up I have read about these converters for the JRC and Drake vhf 
and uhf, especially true for the JRC 545, have stated how these converters 
all appear to be deaf and extremely overpriced for their extremely poor 
performance.  All the critics/evaluators suggested do not buy or get a stand 
alone scanner for less money, unless they need vhf or uhf ssb performance 
where some other choice would still be better than the JRC or DRAKE 
converters.  These converters seem to be added as an after thought because 
their performance does not come remotely close to their terrific HF 
performance.  You would think that JRC and Drake would be ashamed to charge 
what they do for such poor performance.  The Drake only covers from 35-55 Mhz 
and 108-174 Mhz.  For the price of the extremely limited range of the Drake 
converter, you could get a very nice and wide range scanner.  I hope that 
helps...

Chuck
n8gmb