[Premium-Rx] RE: Common problem in SSB RX Quality

[Terry O'Laughlin]

At 06:44 PM 10/8/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>You hit the nail on the head. I remember servicing the HRO-500 receivers
>used by the UK government and the audio was gritty, cruchy, distorted, just
>awful.


Interesting.  As I recall the HRO-500 was filled with germanium 
devices.  Germanium devices are the semiconductors of choice for many 
guitar distortion effects circuits.

Terry O'