[Premium-Rx] R-390A SSB Converter

[Steve Stutman]

Perhaps this SX-88 came with grilled cheese?

74,
Steve



Geoff Fors wrote:

> Well, R-390 stuff is off topic but begs for further details...
>  
> The Central Electronics Slicer works well but has no audio stage and 
> must be tacked in to the host receiver's audio system.  This is somewhat 
> of a nuisance on many receivers but not hard on the 390 and 390A.  The 
> Slicer works on other IF's too, such as 500 KHz in the 51J-4, but if I 
> remember correctly, I had to use the accessory broadband mixer to do that.
>  
> The Hammarlund adapters are essentially the power supply and IF strip 
> out of an HQ-170 or 180. In some cases, I have seen them sell for more 
> than the whole receiver, which answers the riddle of "when is half a 
> receiver worth more than a whole one ? "
>  
> One of the nicer SSB adapters is the smaller Technical Materiel 
> Corporation unit, but those have become quite scarce in recent years.
>  
> I admit to once taking the remains of an SSB CB radio and running the 
> 455 KHz IF signal out of the R-390A into the CB radio's IF stage and 
> using that as the adapter.
>  
> And as Monty Python's Flying Circus would say, "Now for something 
> completely different:"  An SX-88 recently went for $ 8,000 on the 
> e-place, which is less than one went for last year.  You could buy two 
> Harris 590A's and some Racal gear for dessert at that price level.  
> Premium receivers are becoming a bargain !
>  
>  
> Geoff Fors
> WB6NVH
> 
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