[Premium-Rx] Rohde & Schwarz FS

[John Miles]

Well, it's mine now. :)  Kudos to John E. for shipping in record time.

This is one insanely-great receiver.  It seems to combine the performance of
a premium-Rx with the usability and audio quality of a high-end Icom.
Having four IF bandwidths to choose from in a VHF/UHF receiver is really
going to spoil me.

Are there any other ESM 500 owners on the list?

I would like to find a fresh CRT for the panoramic display.  This is a
really cute 2" green-phosphor tube that renders an 80-dB spectrum display
covering +/- 100 kHz relative to the receiver's frequency.  Does anyone know
if they are available on the surplus market (read: cheaper than what R&S
will probably want for it?)

I was able to talk to it with my National Instruments GPIB card.  I don't
suppose there's any interesting control software floating around for this
beast...?

-- john KE5FX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org
> [mailto:premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org]On Behalf Of IPAssets
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 5:18 PM
> To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
> Subject: [Premium-Rx] Rohde & Schwarz FS
>
>
> Hi Gang
>
> There are some of us that like the VHF/UHF world as well as HF; in fact
> there are at least a couple big shots on here who are into microwave
> toys.
>
> Toward that end, I am selling my R&S ESM 500A. Its in nice shape, all
> working. Its up on ebay at the moment, at 5768163342
>
> Cheerio
> John England
>