[Premium-Rx] ITT Mackay 3021

[Gary Mitchelson-N3JPU]

Both Racal and Mackay are now related as they are both owned by Thales
(which also owns Magellan GPS).

I work for a Thales division but I have only Harris gear, go figure.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Adams" <103360.2133 at compuserve.com>
To: "Premium RX" <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:46
Subject: [Premium-Rx] ITT Mackay 3021


Greetings, All.

Of late I've been so busy playing with my Racal equipment that I
haven't done much with the other gear in my shack. Last night I
changed that pattern, and for the first time in months fired up the
Mackay 3021. The experience reminded me of a few things that
have bothered me with the rig, which I've been meaning to talk
about here for some time.

First off...   I suppose I've been spoiled by Racals; I find myself
using Racal performance as the standard by which all other HF
receivers are compared. Perhaps that's unfair, but that's the way
it is. It takes a damned fine receiver to compare favorably to most
Racal products!