[Premium-Rx] RF-590 VLF sensitivity improvement

[Blair Batty]

You're correct; my feeble mind remembered the gist without the
details. My fiend reminds me that you have to pickup the 3586's IF
internally and run it to a BNC at the back of the case, bypassing
the detector/audio section of the 2586C. I must look into this again.
/b

At 12:17 PM 2/23/2006, Keith Densmore wrote:
>There is no IF output of the HP 3586 as such. It does have a carrier output
>that tracks the instrument's input frequency. Useful as a signal generator
>but not for the purpose you need.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Blair Batty" <Blair at Ontariorocks.Ca>
>
> > I have a Harris RF-590.
> >
> > I also have a HP 3586C Selective Level Meter, which is
> > essentially a 50 Hz to 30 Mhz receiver with a very sensitive
> > dB meter. It has 20 Hz, 400 Hz and 3100 Hz IF filters.
> > I've used it to search for the 300 khz air-navigation beacons.
> >
> > The 3586C has an IF out. I wondered if it would be an advantage
> > to feed the IF out of the HP and into the Harris (tuned to the
> > HP IF), because the HP only has a single sideband and
> > lousy audio out? These 3586C's can be eBayed very cheaply.