[R-390] Suggestions for SSB adapter for R-392?

[Barry]

I don't know if this has been mentioned in this thread but you can take the IF output into a sideband RX that will tune down to the IF frequency.  It works well.

Barry - N4BUQ


 On Tue 16/08/11 12:15 PM , William A Kulze wak9 at cornell.edu sent:
> I've heard nothing but good about the Sherwood units but have never had the
> experience of one. One thing I have done, that I've seen mentioned here, is
> use an sdr to tune the IF out of the 390a. In my case it's a winradio 303i,
> but I imagine it will work with any sdr capable of tuning to a radio's IF,
> as long as you can get the IF out of the receiver. Then I can use the
> demodulation of the SDR for whatever mode I want. I can even disable the
> winradio demodulator using a command line switch, leaving me with just
> tuning control of the winradio. I can then start up power sdr from flex or
> any other program that will work with I/Q inputs. Winrad is another one.
> These have a few more features than the winradio software, like noise
> reduction and such.
> Kinda kills the whole vintage thing, but it does a good job with just about
> any signal, and gives me a panadapter to boot.
> Bill W2NVD
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net [r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of KR4HVSent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:54 PM
> To: 'Steve Toth'; r-390 at m
> ailman.qth.netSubject: Re: [R-390] Suggestions for SSB adapter for R-392?
> 
> Just for the record, my first SW radio was a Knight-kit Space Spanner
> andthen a BRAND NEW Hallicrafters S-107 in 1962 (wow) and a plethora of
> otherones through the years.  I can tune SSB with the BFO vs gain control
> alsobut it is still a compromise method, otherwise they wouldn't have
> producedthe CV-591 and all its variants.   
> 
> I was looking for a modern day CV-591 or something that does the same
> function and does a pretty good job, doesn't have to be "the same as a
> 591".Didn't mean to stir the pot, just figured some of you folks might have
> already "done it' or might have some hands on experience with units like
> theSherwood Engineering SE-3 MK IV (or others).
> 
> Tisha, Thanks for your suggestion. I'll check into it and I welcome any
> other equipment suggestions.
> 
> Walt
> KR4HV 
> 
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