In a message dated 22/03/05 03:04:24 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There was also a circuit in one of the worst radio's I have ever owned. The yeasu Ft707 used dual 8 pole filters in the 2nd IF. In between the 2 filters was a VCO. This gave an excellent IF width control. far superior to simple IF shift. ---------------------------------------- I had the Yaesu FT707 for a number of years and regretted parting with it for the later Yaesu FT757 (mkI). For SSB I found the FT707 RX very good and coped well with the hostile RF environment of 40m in Europe. In receiver terms that band here sorts out the "men from the boys" in signal handling. The FT707 coped well with this, far better than any radio I had previously owned. There were warts with the radio in that the VFO initially drifted with temperature and had a pretty basic transmitter with limited power output on the higher bands, but that continuously variable bandwidth system really worked well. The variable bandwidth function on the FT757 was just a shadow of the one on the FT707. Far from being the worst radio I have owned. Another point and I am not sure if others have experienced or agree with this, is that the FT757, TS440 and some other radios I have owned are fatiguing to listen to for long periods. Not sure what causes this effect, but some radios are like this. The FT707 was good in being easy to listen to for extended periods as is the K2 and I find the various older JRC radios I have are also superb. Bob, G3VVT _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
