[Premium-Rx] Harris RF-550 Questions

[Barry Hauser]

Hi All

Thanks for the replies -- a bit of a relief.  However when I powered it up I
got a display and tuning response but no sign of a signal.  May just need a
bit of post-transit battening down, or I'm not doing something right, or ??

BTW -- I just visited the listinfo page.  It says in both cases -- military
and commercial -- qualifying receivers are "typically microprocessor
controlled", so that apparently isn't it,  where the RF-550 is concerned.
The RF-505 and RF-590 are listed, but the RF-550 is not.  I have no
experience with these, but do have a couple of RA-6790GM's and a Drake R8B.
Curious as to why the Watkins-Johnson 8718/16's are not listed, just the
HF-1000.

Is it a requirement that they be keypad controlled.  Incidentally, this
RF-550 has the paddles, not the thumbwheels and it seems easy to tune vs.
the usual decadic setup -- the next significant digit advances as you pass
999, etc. and it has a "fast" button.  All that stuff works -- just one
small detail - no signals.

Do any of the listed Premium Rx's do 4-channel ISB or UUSB or LLSB?

May be time to nominate a few more receivers.

Barry





----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard L Ritter, Jr" <hlritter at mindspring.com>
To: "Mark S. Holden" <mark at bmas.org>; "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com>
Cc: <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 6:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Premium-Rx] Harris RF-550 Questions


> I don't think the JRC NRD-515 is MP controlled, either (or am I
mistaken?),
> but it's on the list. Are you sure MP control is a sine qua non for
> inclusion on the list? When I queried Greg Bailey about the reason for
> absence of the RF-550, his reply didn't mention lack of MP control.
>
> --howard n7exn
>
>
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> All of your missing cards are for the RF-562 four channel ISB option.  If
> you had them, you'd also be able to receive UUSB and LLSB.
>
> The 550 is my favorite radio - hot and quiet, beautiful audio.
>
> But it's not on the Premium RX qualifying radios list because it's not
> microprocessor controlled.
>
> Enjoy your radio.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
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