[Lowfer] BEST RECEIVER FOR 360-390 KHz

[Douglas D. Williams]

Many receivers are quite "deaf" below 200kHz, and/or full of spurs.
IMO, the best solution is any receiver that has good specs in the 3.0
- 3.5 MHz range (pretty much any halfway decent ham transceiver or
commercial shortwave receiver), coupled with a good LF converter. I
use one made by Todd Roberts, which is an AMRAD design with the
substitution of an OCXO, which provides exceptional frequency
stability. The receiver I pair it with is the Icom R-75 with some CW
filters and the TCXO option.

A couple of features you want to look for if you are going to attempt
to copy QRSS (extremely slow CW):

1 Hz frequency display resolution

good frequency stability


-Doug KB4OER


>> From: John Amery <john.amery at gmail.com>
>>>To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
>>>Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:34 PM
>>>Subject: [Lowfer] BEST RECEIVER FOR 360-390 KHz
>>>
>>>What is the absolute best thing to have?
>>>
>>>And then what is the best buy, that is
>>>a compromise in quality and expense?
>>>
>>>John KF0HX