[Premium-Rx] cubic r3030 vs Harris r2368

[Mac McCullough]

Close, Lee i have the 3030A and 2368 and did for some time,  liked emm 
both, but when it came time for the nut cuttin,  the 2368 went away..

2 receivers V 1 made sense.

while i don't hear of the Harris 590/590A/2368 receiver failing, so much 
being proprietary to Harris as well so many chip sets and the attendant 
while yet supported product is expensive from Harris,  operative word,  
still supported ...

I have had multiple failures within the Cubic,  but almost always local 
or field reparable.  the 3030 and 3030a had key pad cover weakness.. but 
once again solved here locally as well keypad bounce but also solved ...

ergonomically speaking. Harris has nice big VFD display these do fail 
slowly,  but nothing like what they do on the 350K transceiver,  those 
were just junk displays, to me.

operating the Harris was more intuitive than the Cubic but only by a 
very small margin.

Sensitivity I'm not hard on that, honestly if it's not a 10+ over 
signal,  i don't fool with it, that old axiom 30-40dB to get in 10 to 
stay is my mantra.

Muting/RF isolation was an issue with both if you use it as a second 
receiver. neither is easy or easy safe, you have to build up your own 
isolation relay scheme as well timing of it all..

Audio recovery and i speak only from AM and SSB/ISB is way more 
dependent on your speaker choice, as a note some 2368's had internal 
speakers, some don't, as decided by the Navy build order but it was 
useful to good if included.

If you use the memory bank the Harris has the typical 100.. way more 
than i ever used.

AGC  i liked the Cubic way better seemed to be faster and the decay 
easier on my hearing, both are select-able however still the Cubic was 
my choice.

backside accessories and hook ups, no discussion, Cubic all the way, 
Harris counts on 25 or 37 pin D connectors and putzing around and 
getting the right scheme you want for the features you want, Cubic uses 
terminal barrier strips and soo easy to pick off what you want and be 
assured of it..

Both sets run cool, the power supply on the Harris is bit hotter but 
still nothing like a 2050 Collins, no cooking possible on either of 
these sets..

back to the keypads, the Harris has the tactical feel the cubic has the 
effect type entry ..

RF/Audio meter i never cared for the Harris edge meter, the Cubic bar 
graph like display is way more my favorite and i think much easier to 
read and understand.

Frequency entering is easier on the Harris keypad, the smaller main 
tuning knob on the Cubic is a bit disappointing for jumbo ass hands like 
mine, but still..

The primary on/off switch on the Cubic is a breaker on/off combination 
device, it has never failed me, but always sounds and feels like it is a 
weak point, by the cocking racking up of the switch into the ON 
position, the Harris is a combination on/off vol switch, just feels 
better or more natural ergo feel to me..

weight, ughh both are heavy by today's standards and those long body's 
into the desk or rack space each one is like 21" i think..

Annoying ?  the Cubic has those small HOUR meters in the back panel and 
every 6 minutes you can hear the tick as the meter records a 1/10 hour 
interval onto the clock/meter, yes i could disconnect these just never 
have done it.  but still annoying...

it is late as can be seen, i will reflect more and offer an update later 
today please ..

mac/mc  w5mc



On 7/12/2016 1:40 AM, L D Ritta wrote:
> Hello All
>
> Anyone with both these fine radios, How do they compare, if you had to
> choice which one.
> Modes of operation voice and data.
>
> Lee
>
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