Hi Ed, Thanks for the information. The 840 is very attractive to me because I see that it can be turned down to 250mw to drive my Quintron Amps when I can no longer find any MastrII exciters. What was programming them like "out of band"?
Adam N2ACF Ed Yoho wrote: > Adam Feuer wrote: > >> Ken, >> >> How about the TKR-840? Any idea if that one will go down via the >> software and tune without issues as well? >> >> Adam N2ACF >> > > Adam, > > I and others are using the TKR-840s here in so-cal. The only down side > is the helicals are not narrow as you would normally find in an older > GE/Ericsson or Motorola receiver. I don't remember exactly how wide, but > IIRC they are about a 15 MHz wide quasi window filter. > Here in so-cal we receive low (440-445). Depending on where in the band > you need to receive, the helicals may or may not make it that far. They > are easily bypassed (part of the unit's design). > > Ed Yoho > W6YJ > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >