[Lowfer] BEST RECEIVER FOR 360-390 KHz

[Douglas D. Williams]

I meant to say many receivers are quite deaf below 500 kHz.

D.

On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Douglas D. Williams <kb4oer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>