[Premium-Rx] Best Premium Receiver?

[Clemens Paul]

Hi Ed,

the "biased nonsense" was indeed not referred to your own comment but to the
content of your sources.
As to the first one, from Don AC7ZG, you may go to the archives and read the discussion
with Don around 5th September 2005, so we need not to rehash it here.

As to the second source,I think you meant your own experiences,did you ever try
it the other way round and connect the SE3 to the 7800 and let the HF1000A use its own
synch detector?
This test setup would seem a bit less biased.


73
Clemens
DL4RAJ


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Clemens:

Thank you for your feedback  regarding my "nonsense" comment.  I derived my
information from two  sources.  The first was from "Dave's Reciver Page" which
cites the  following:
"My icom7800 does not hold a candle to the WJ8712p/WJ8711a/HF1000a  for TP
medium wave dxing, nor weak signal recovery on the shortwave  bands.

Like the ICOM756pro2 and 3, the 7800 has an attenuator in  circuit below
1700kHz to prevent overload by AM stations. Guy Atkins has made  some circuit
changes to his pro3 to bring it into play as a weak signal MW  receiver, including
removing the attenuation circuit and replacing the roofing  filter with one
of the 6kHz versions from the 7800. (I've not similarly  butchered my IC-7800)

Don AC7ZG

PS:  I've used one of my  WJ8711A's for receive (disabled during transmit)
along with the IC-7800 to do  some very weak signal ham radio qso’s -- the 7800
could not keep  up."
(http://www.ticon.net/~n9ewo/wj8711user.html, accessed 11/2/07)
This  comment prompted me to conduct my own tests, as I have both the 7800
and the  HF-1000A, among other receivers.  I indeed concur with Don's comments,
especially on BCB where I could discern signals uncopiable on the 7800.
Also tried it on 49m and the same applies.  To boot, I used Sherwood's SE-3  with
the HF-1000A, making some tropoical band signals audibly enjoyable.   Nothing
like listening to "Salsa" music on 49m/60m through an SE-3 and external  amp!

Would love to have a 9500 to compare with, but even the 2008  "Passport"
review doesn't give its sych detector high marks.  I still  prefer to hang onto my
HF-1000A/SE-3 combo.  It's the best for me.....Just  my biased opinion....

73,
Ed NI6S




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