Have the documentation on the 851S-1 and from looking at that it appears a lot of the same cards are used in both. The 8054 receiver in the video only has a 100Hz step via the front panel but allows you to move in 10 Hz increments by remote
control and they do have an option of 1 Hz on that family of products. Yes, for band cursing nothing beats a knob! Think that’s my biggest complaint about the Harris RF-350K family is it’s a real drag tuning around with them. Have the Harris R-2368 for RTTY
but the companion exciter, the RF-1310 has to have frequency manually entered and that’s a real drag. Also the Harris Falcon stuff is far from soring when it comes to band cursing. Just goes to show the difference in mind sets between military and commercial
think and Ham use.
Along those lines, the 8054 has four independent side band cards, upper, lower upper upper and lower lower. Use to seeing things like the General Dynamics R-1051 sets with independent USB/LSB and know of applications where two audio streams
were carried at the same time but have to wonder if there were any four channel Collins links established? Maybe up north or something? I know it will cheese of all the Collins people out there but the entire HF-80 line always looked a bit like telephone carrier
equipment to me.
Ray F/KA3EKH
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Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2026 2:42 PM
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Subject: RE: HF-80 video
Very nice! I have that receiver along with a 1KW transmitter setup. My plan, however, is to replace the receiver with an 851S-1 I bought. That way you get the VFO. I like to have a VFO on
my receivers (at least). Find a station and then punch that into the transmitter (if controlled separately).