[R-390] Tell me about Single Sideband Converters

[Gord Hayward]

> That's all pretty discouraging, BUT, if you have a rice box that 
> covers 455 kc, use a 60 db pad and run the IF output from your R-390 
> into the receiver.

> Folks who've done this report good results.  All you need is a bit of 
> wire and a couple of resistors.


I used a pair of balanced modulators (Motorola chips) and a crystal BFO 
as a product detector on the IF out.  The two modulators get the BFO 90 
degrees
apart and run into left and right amplifiers.  The stereo effect on 
noise is neat - sounds like water drops rather than a hiss.  It becomes 
almost pleasant.  Beats
a rice box.

Cheers, Gord VE3EOS
-- 

Gordon L. Hayward, Ph.D., P.Eng.,
Associate Professor, Biological Engineering,
School of Engineering, University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontaro, N1G 2W1.