[Milsurplus] Panadaptor Sweep Range

[Joseph Orgnero]

Hello all,
    I have a G-186B panadaptor (the military call it Spectrum Display
Unit) which I use with my 51S-1(It was originally designed for the
G-133F which is a modified 51S-1) . The input IF frequency is 500 kHz.
Joe Orgnero VE7LBI  CCA 96-418
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Sent: 29 December 2004 17:39
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Panadaptor Sweep Range


> e & Group,
>
> I meant to comment to an earlier post in this thread but got
distracted by
> bills and didn't save it.  So I don't know who did the reply but they
said they
> something like they thought the IF freq in Eric's unit had to be
higher than
> 455 KC because the sweep range max was 50 KC.  That isn't correct.
Several of
> the panadaptors made for use with the RBB/RBC (400 KC IF) had 50 KC
sweep and
> several more had 100 KC.  The 5.25 MC IF input units all seem to have
had 1 MC
> sweep and some of the 30 MC IF input units will do 10 MC sweep.
>
> In a message dated 12/29/2004 7:14:25 PM Central Standard Time,
> gl4d21a at juno.com writes:
> > Eric:  I remember a Fair Radio catalog item 20 years (+/-) ago which
was a
> > 51S1 modified by someone in Greenville, TX for some obscure
application which
> > had that panadapter as an accessory.  So it is possibly 455 Khz,
since the
> > next IF up was variable.  End of limits of my memory.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
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