[R-390] R-390A sensitivity measurements

[mikea]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:39:29PM -0500, DJED1 at aol.com wrote:
> I agree with John about not aligning the radio to the antenna- too much 
> variation in impedance over the band.   I use an antenna tuner on my wire antenna 
> and logged the settings for each frequency of interest using an MFJ antenna 
> analyzer.   The tuner settings show a LOT of antenna impedance variation, 
> especially below 4 MHz.   Of course, the radio is now looking into 50 ohms, but it's 
> close enough for Guvm't work.   Certainly, for those of us in noisy suburban 
> locations, a tuned antenna provides a high enough noise level that I don't 
> worry about that last 0.5 dB of sensitivity.   That's what I did today- put the 
> signal generators away and tuned up the radio to some interesting SWBC.
> Ed 

But ... 

You're actually using the radio to listen to radio transmitters? You
aren't using it as an instrument by which to evaluate siggens and 
other test equipment!

Fellow list members, I appeal to you: 

Can we permit someone who behaves like this to remain subscribed? 

;=) for the humor-impaired, and 

73, de

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