[R-390] New Advance in Modern Technology

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Permeably tuned car radios. Yes, that was back in the days when you 
could actually listen to AM radio in your car.

Maybe the tuned coils make things sound better .....

	Take Care!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ




On Jan 18, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Sam wrote:

> Bob,
>
> You are not alone. A lot of us have the the same afliction and I don't 
> see
> any cure for it
> in the future. Maybe that "Look" we get from our wives helps quench 
> the urge
> when
> we mention a new toy.
> Remember the permeability tuned car radios of the 40s and 50s?
>
>
>
> Keep up the spirit,
>
> Sam Doughty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>
> To: "R-390 HF Receiver List" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:56 AM
> Subject: [R-390] New Advance in Modern Technology
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I just can't help my self .....
>>
>> I'm sitting here reading an ad for a radio that probably costs more
>> than a new car. It's a Yaesu FT dx 9000D. One of  the major claimed
>> advances in this radio is:
>>
>> "Three permeability-tuned, motor -driver "u" RF Tuning modules with
>> Q>300, for ultra-sharp RF selectivity found nowhere else in the 
>> Amateur
>> Radio industry"
>>
>> Gee I wonder if I can find any other radios around here with coil 
>> racks
>> in the front end....
>>
>> Seems like the world is finally re-learning what they already knew > 
>> 50
>> years ago.
>>
>> I wonder if 6C4 front ends are going to make a come back when they
>> break the $20,000 barrier.
>>
>> Like I said I just can't help myself ... somebody get a net ...
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> Bob Camp
>> KB8TQ
>>
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