[Premium-Rx] How do you use it?

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Blair:

It may be that the filtering in premium receivers is superior to most, 
but not all, commercial products.  For me finding very weak signals is 
the challenge and I considered the HF-1000 and other receivers with DSP 
IF stages and ended up getting the NRD-545 because it has a 10 Hz IF 
bandwidth, narrower than all the other premium receivers that I know of.

The HP 4395A in Spectrum Analyzer mode is probably not considered a 
premium receiver because there's no IF output.  This box uses DSP 
instead of conventional IF filters and offers a true IF bandwidth of 1 
Hz (narrower if you count averaging and video filtering).  Needless to 
say it's my first choice for finding weak signals.
http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/4395A.shtml

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke, N6GCE


Blair Batty wrote:

>
>> Gentlemen:
>>
>> The beacon thread has drifted from the technology of beacon 
>> receivers, to the purpose of the beacon systems, and now to personal 
>> experiences with their use-  Perhaps it is time to attenuate this 
>> topic and move back to the central theme of the List, premium receivers.
>>
>> Thank you for your cooperation
>
>
> I must confess that I really enjoyed reading about Beacons.
> I do enjoy buying Premium-gear and cleaning, restoring
> and calibrating it, but what then? How do we use our Premium
> gear?
>
> Not that "boys should need to justify their toys", but I admit
> that a modern Ham transceiver would be more convenient and
> cheaper than Premium-Gear for Ham use. And any Radioshack
> shortwave receiver will pickup the BBC, VOA, etc.
>
> Beacon hunting seems like a project where a premium-rx,
> with super stable tuning, tight filters and Low band tuning
> would excel. What other tasks do people use their Premium-Rx,
> in which lesser gear just wouldn't be adequate? (i.e. If you
> had to justify a Premium-Rx purchase, what excuses would
> you use?) How do you use your P-rx; or does it just sit on
> a shelf?
>
> Sincerely
> Blair,
> Canada