[Milsurplus] BC-229, RU selectivity

[Brian Carling]

BC-230 is no GRC-109.
That's a far better transmitter IMHO...

Best regards - Bry Carling



> On Aug 1, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> Dave's work with the BC-230/430 caused me to think about the RUGF set also, and about how to make using the rec more
> feasible on the air. How about using a converter from the 80M band down to say, the 300-400 kcs range, and then using an
> LF coil in the rec? In the BC-229/429, that's 4 tuned  circuits, about the equivalent of a single IF bottom-end receiver 
> selectivity, but "maybe" usable. On the RU, you'd only have 3 tuned circuits of selectivity, as the 4th tuned circuit is
> for the CW osc.   I don't think regenerative feedback in the RF stages is a very practical idea, as you'd have to have an
> external control and also likely an RF gain control too.
> I won't be trying these ideas myself, i don't think: equipment that requires control boxes and a slew of connectors
> and cables makes me feel the opposite of relaxed.
> -Hue  ( Newport, Oregon )                          
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