[Milsurplus] Humor in uniform

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

Sounds like the 1KHz filters that I got for a 6790GM that are stenciled 
on the filter 1Hz.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

On 5/17/2026 4:07 PM, Nick England via Milsurplus wrote:
> I bought a Racal R-2320/URR receiver (RA6703A-6) at Dayton. So today I
> downloaded the manual from BAMA and read a few puzzling things -
>
> "Receiver designed to provide reception capabilities for CW, AM,
> LSB/USB, FM,and ISB, emissions over the frequency range of 0.5 Hz to
> 30 MHz."
> *** 0.5 Hz**** Wow!
>
> "Input signals from the antenna are connected to a low pass filter
> which rejects signals
> above 30 Hz."
> ****rejects everything above 30 Hz***  How's that gonna work out?
>
> "Frequency Range 0.5 kHz to 29.999999 MHz"
> ****500 Hz ??****
>
> Don't know whether that was in the original manual or a scanning
> artifact but I am hoping that the range really is 0.5 MHz to 30 MHz.
>
> If the rest of the manual is that careless about Hz, kHz, and MHz,
> then troubleshooting is gonna be fun when I don't know if a mixer
> signal should be at 49 Hz, 49 kHz, or 49 MHz....
>
> Nick England K4NYW
> Chapel Hill NC
> www.navy-radio.com
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