RE: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
Send your R388 to Chuck Felton in Wyoming to be hot rodded and you'll be shocked at the AM and SSB performance. I use mine for Am with my restored 200V and those I work can't tell that I'm not on my 32V1 and 75A1. Such a FUN hobby. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Gazdzinski Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 3:06 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England The Drake R4A or B is a good pick, although a bit narrow for hifi AM. The NC300/303 are good, and the SX101. All the Collins stuff is overpriced for what you get, but the 51j series are not bad, the pre SSB era stuff is better, after ssb came out the AM position was an afterthought. The R390/R390a were very good, lots of nice AM features like the buffered IF output for the scope, line audio output, muting, etc, but they can be a bear to work on and keep going, and you dont want to jump between 160 and 10 meters much. They are now expensive. Before I built my own receivers, I used the R390a mostly. Nothing modern is worth a crap in MY book, the FT102 was poor, the icom 756 pro and pro3 are not great, the TS440 was not very good, the icom 735 was not real bad, at least the passband tuning worked on AM. You need to set priorities in want you want in a receiver: Fidelity, Bandwidth choices, Looks/style, Ease of repair, Frequency resolution/ accuricy, Size/weight, Cost. Brett N2DTS - Original Message - From: JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 10:16 AM Subject: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England I'm going to be looking for a receiver at the beginning of the month (hate getting paid once/month) and wondering if anyone has anything they'd be selling or have any leads on. I don't have a big list of requirements and can't afford a museum quality R-390A or Super Pro but want to get on the air now that I have a decent plate modulated TX and not sure if my simple regen I am building will be up to snuff. I should probably save/wait for NEAR-fest but I'd really like to get on the air. I'll have $350 to $400 to spend: * Primary use - HAM band AM reception primarily on 75 and 40 initially - 160 down the road * Needs to work, something that needs a little TLC is fine but would like it to work as soon as I bring it home. * Something located north of New York City so I can come pick it up. I don't like driving south of NYC. * Nice audio, doesn't have to be the greatest quality but just enjoyable listening and something I can feed into a nice speaker system. * Something that would fit inside a 19 rack cabinet would be a big plus but not a requirement. Desk space is getting sparse but I have about 3' of unused space inside my rack where a RX could fit nicely. Any ideas? Thanks guys. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
The Drake R4A or B is a good pick, although a bit narrow for hifi AM. The NC300/303 are good, and the SX101. All the Collins stuff is overpriced for what you get, but the 51j series are not bad, the pre SSB era stuff is better, after ssb came out the AM position was an afterthought. The R390/R390a were very good, lots of nice AM features like the buffered IF output for the scope, line audio output, muting, etc, but they can be a bear to work on and keep going, and you dont want to jump between 160 and 10 meters much. They are now expensive. Before I built my own receivers, I used the R390a mostly. Nothing modern is worth a crap in MY book, the FT102 was poor, the icom 756 pro and pro3 are not great, the TS440 was not very good, the icom 735 was not real bad, at least the passband tuning worked on AM. You need to set priorities in want you want in a receiver: Fidelity, Bandwidth choices, Looks/style, Ease of repair, Frequency resolution/ accuricy, Size/weight, Cost. Brett N2DTS - Original Message - From: JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 10:16 AM Subject: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England I'm going to be looking for a receiver at the beginning of the month (hate getting paid once/month) and wondering if anyone has anything they'd be selling or have any leads on. I don't have a big list of requirements and can't afford a museum quality R-390A or Super Pro but want to get on the air now that I have a decent plate modulated TX and not sure if my simple regen I am building will be up to snuff. I should probably save/wait for NEAR-fest but I'd really like to get on the air. I'll have $350 to $400 to spend: * Primary use - HAM band AM reception primarily on 75 and 40 initially - 160 down the road * Needs to work, something that needs a little TLC is fine but would like it to work as soon as I bring it home. * Something located north of New York City so I can come pick it up. I don't like driving south of NYC. * Nice audio, doesn't have to be the greatest quality but just enjoyable listening and something I can feed into a nice speaker system. * Something that would fit inside a 19 rack cabinet would be a big plus but not a requirement. Desk space is getting sparse but I have about 3' of unused space inside my rack where a RX could fit nicely. Any ideas? Thanks guys. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] 40M AM?
Next year the SWB stations have to vacate the 40M band between 7100 and 7200. I think the AMers should start SQUATING on 7195 since no one else seems to be using it. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Astatic T3 with Stand
Excellent condition all chrome Astatic T-3 microphone with Astatic grip to talk stand. $75.00 plus postage. Thanks, Bob,W4WSZ __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
RE: [AMRadio] 51J* Upgrades, Was Wanted: Receiver - New England
Ed, http://feltondesign.com/y2kfield.html 307-634-5858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chuck's not very good with emails being a one person. Best to call him. He does all these radio's and more. He's the best and I love this radio. It also has mechanical filters installed and switch able. Don't be in a hurry but worth the wait. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Sieb Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:21 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: [AMRadio] 51J* Upgrades, Was Wanted: Receiver - New England Who else is a good source for improving the 51J series of receivers? I have both an R-388 and a 51J4, and would love to have them improved and corrected. Ed, VA3ES Phil LaMarche wrote: Send your R388 to Chuck Felton in Wyoming to be hot rodded and you'll be shocked at the AM and SSB performance. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
All I get on 40M he in the PNW right now is silence. I have been told to watch 7295 but I have never heard any AM there. Just SSB on contest weekends Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: Jim Wilhite [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM? Bob, there is a group of people on 7.195 here in the middle part of the country that have been operating there for years. The group includes many guys who have jobs that drive daily and has mobiles on the air. There are also several high power operators there. You are going to find a lot of frequencies are populated like that on 40. 7.160 is a traditional frequency for AM and not many stations inhabit it, just an occasional transit station. 40 is a tough band to find an open frequency. Jim/W5JO Next year the SWB stations have to vacate the 40M band between 7100 and 7200. I think the AMers should start SQUATING on 7195 since no one else seems to be using it. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
Jim Wilhite wrote: Bob, there is a group of people on 7.195 here in the middle part of the country that have been operating there for years. The group includes many guys who have jobs that drive daily and has mobiles on the air. There are also several high power operators there. You are going to find a lot of frequencies are populated like that on 40. 7.160 is a traditional frequency for AM and not many stations inhabit it, just an occasional transit station. 40 is a tough band to find an open frequency. With the band open down to 7.125Mc, 7.140 sounds like a decent, and often open/clear frequency. -- Driving your AM Rig without a scope, is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] 51J* Upgrades, Was Wanted: Receiver - New England
Who else is a good source for improving the 51J series of receivers? I have both an R-388 and a 51J4, and would love to have them improved and corrected. Ed, VA3ES Phil LaMarche wrote: Send your R388 to Chuck Felton in Wyoming to be hot rodded and you'll be shocked at the AM and SSB performance. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] R-388 / 51J Versions
Hello, Military R-381 is similar to Civilian 51J-2 (16 tubes). Military R-388 (Same as R-388/URR) is similar to Civilian 51J-3 (18 tubes). Military R-388A (Navy) is similar to Civilian 51J-4 (19 tubes, Mechanical Filters). 73, Bruce WA8TNC = JT Croteau wrote: Is the R-388/URR the same as a R-388 and a 51J-4? Thanks __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 51J* Upgrades, Was Wanted: Receiver - New England
Is the R-388/URR the same as a R-388 and a 51J-4? Thanks -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
The 300 IS a great receiver but it is ham bands only so if you want to do any swl listening it may not be what you want. I had one and for ham bands it is real good and works well on ssb also. I did not like it as well on am as the sx 110 I am restoring now and the Hallicrafters is general coverage with bandspread for 80,40 20, 15, and 10 meter ham bands but not as good on ssb as the national.. there are lots of good tube sets out there you need to decide if you want to use it only on ham or do you want to listen to international broadcasts also? My favorite receiver for swl and ham has been a Hammurland HQ180 but they are not cheap when you can find one. WB5OXQ - Original Message - From: Dave Mayfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England I just talked to a friend of mine this week, he said he has a National NC-300 he is going to sell, the NC-300 is a great receiver. Best of all it should sell for under $200.00 you can reach him via qrz.com his call is k9chz a very great guy. Tell him I sent you Dave W9WRL JT Croteau wrote: I'm going to be looking for a receiver at the beginning of the month (hate getting paid once/month) and wondering if anyone has anything they'd be selling or have any leads on. I don't have a big list of requirements and can't afford a museum quality R-390A or Super Pro but want to get on the air now that I have a decent plate modulated TX and not sure if my simple regen I am building will be up to snuff. I should probably save/wait for NEAR-fest but I'd really like to get on the air. I'll have $350 to $400 to spend: * Primary use - HAM band AM reception primarily on 75 and 40 initially - 160 down the road * Needs to work, something that needs a little TLC is fine but would like it to work as soon as I bring it home. * Something located north of New York City so I can come pick it up. I don't like driving south of NYC. * Nice audio, doesn't have to be the greatest quality but just enjoyable listening and something I can feed into a nice speaker system. * Something that would fit inside a 19 rack cabinet would be a big plus but not a requirement. Desk space is getting sparse but I have about 3' of unused space inside my rack where a RX could fit nicely. Any ideas? Thanks guys. -- Dave W9WRL www.w9wrl.com/w9wrl __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
RE: [AMRadio] 51J* Upgrades, Was Wanted: Receiver - New England
ED, Howard Mills does these every day. His email is [EMAIL PROTECTED] -73- Peter K2LRC www.k2lrc.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Sieb Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 4:21 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: [AMRadio] 51J* Upgrades, Was Wanted: Receiver - New England Who else is a good source for improving the 51J series of receivers? I have both an R-388 and a 51J4, and would love to have them improved and corrected. Ed, VA3ES Phil LaMarche wrote: Send your R388 to Chuck Felton in Wyoming to be hot rodded and you'll be shocked at the AM and SSB performance. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
Watch out for some of the very old receivers that don't have a very good front end and are not very sensitive. I would try to look at specs and find a receiver that has at least 1 microvolt sensitivity. Stay away from the smaller rigs that do not have an rf amplifier and some don't. always check the tube lineup to make sure. Some even have 2 rf amp tubes. I have owned rigs like the NC183s that have push pull audio out and others like an NC98 that had only a 6aq5 making a watt but sounded real good and rich connected to the correct speaker and the speaker has a lot to-do with how good the audio sounds. I use a 2 way speaker that came from a tube type Zenith stereo radio. It has a 8 woofer and a 2 tweeter and was built to be used on a radio that only made 1.5 watts of audio so it drives easily with single ended output radios and sounds very full and rich. If you love rich tone stay away from small speakers that have small drivers in them but be aware that if you use a large system built for a home stereo system it may need more power than many radios can put out. Here is a good web site that may have useful information for you. http://www.dxing.com/swrx.htm - Original Message - From: JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England I want to thank everyone who has responded so far, both on and off list, to this thread. Brett, N2DTS, said, a couple posts posts back, that I need to take a better inventory of my priorities so let me try and clarify what they are to me. From what I've read, there are two categories of receivers; Battle-Fields and Hi-Fidelity and it is very difficult to have your cake and eat it to. Unfortunately, I am trying to have a mixture of both but leaning more towards Hi-Fi because it is the pure love of the sound of AM that is driving me to setup this AM station. I am learning that there is no perfect receiver and it is very hard for a newbie like me to pick one. I wish I had the luxury to afford to buy several different ones like some people but I can only afford one receiver at the moment A big problem for newbies is the fact that EVERYONE has differing opinions for each model and it's often hard to get two people to totally agree on the same model. For example, I'll ask for opinions on an ABC-123 and one person will reply, oh yeah, it's awesome on AM while another will say stay away, it's only good for slopbucket signals. If I could afford multiple purchases, it'd be much easier to take a gamble and experiment but I can't so it's very difficult to choose from just looking at specs and opinions. With this said: AM 75M and 40M coverage is my primary interest at this time, I will NEVER be using the radio to tune in slopbucket nor CWer. SWL and 160M coverage would be nice as well but it will be a couple years before I have space for a 160M antenna. Hi-Fidelity is near the top of my must haves but not if it's results in a huge hit on receiver performance. However, I definitely don't want bottom of the barrel communications grade audio. I've been in some shacks where the audio fills the room and you can feel the audio down to your bones. I want to achieve this or as close as I can get within my budget. Looks, style, size, and weight don't really matter as it's what's inside the box that counts to me. Ideally the smaller the better and if it fits in a standard 19 rack, all the better as I have plenty of rack space. Budget - Yeah, this will always be an issue for me. But I can realistically afford to spend a max. of $400 on a receiver so I may not be able to get super Hi-Fi with this budget but I would think that I should be able to still find something with very good fidelity. If I had the money to go all out, I'm the type of person who definitely would so I am not trying to cheap out on this. But I do want to get something now rather than save an wait.. patience and me have never gotten along. Since my first post a couple days ago, I've been reading a bit about Hallicrafters SX-17's and SX-42's with their push-pull 6V6's and how they can really make some very nice audio - a couple people seem to really like these. However, for some reason, these two rigs don't seem to be mentioned much.. are they genuine sleepers in this case? The SX-17 appears to have good sensitivity and good selectivity with an IF bandwidth switch actually works. I think I read that the narrow position is somewhere around 4-5 kc and the wide is somewhere around 10-12 kc. Has anything I've said made sense and may point me to more specific models of receivers I should be looking at? Thanks again. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
I want to thank everyone who has responded so far, both on and off list, to this thread. Brett, N2DTS, said, a couple posts posts back, that I need to take a better inventory of my priorities so let me try and clarify what they are to me. From what I've read, there are two categories of receivers; Battle-Fields and Hi-Fidelity and it is very difficult to have your cake and eat it to. Unfortunately, I am trying to have a mixture of both but leaning more towards Hi-Fi because it is the pure love of the sound of AM that is driving me to setup this AM station. I am learning that there is no perfect receiver and it is very hard for a newbie like me to pick one. I wish I had the luxury to afford to buy several different ones like some people but I can only afford one receiver at the moment A big problem for newbies is the fact that EVERYONE has differing opinions for each model and it's often hard to get two people to totally agree on the same model. For example, I'll ask for opinions on an ABC-123 and one person will reply, oh yeah, it's awesome on AM while another will say stay away, it's only good for slopbucket signals. If I could afford multiple purchases, it'd be much easier to take a gamble and experiment but I can't so it's very difficult to choose from just looking at specs and opinions. With this said: AM 75M and 40M coverage is my primary interest at this time, I will NEVER be using the radio to tune in slopbucket nor CWer. SWL and 160M coverage would be nice as well but it will be a couple years before I have space for a 160M antenna. Hi-Fidelity is near the top of my must haves but not if it's results in a huge hit on receiver performance. However, I definitely don't want bottom of the barrel communications grade audio. I've been in some shacks where the audio fills the room and you can feel the audio down to your bones. I want to achieve this or as close as I can get within my budget. Looks, style, size, and weight don't really matter as it's what's inside the box that counts to me. Ideally the smaller the better and if it fits in a standard 19 rack, all the better as I have plenty of rack space. Budget - Yeah, this will always be an issue for me. But I can realistically afford to spend a max. of $400 on a receiver so I may not be able to get super Hi-Fi with this budget but I would think that I should be able to still find something with very good fidelity. If I had the money to go all out, I'm the type of person who definitely would so I am not trying to cheap out on this. But I do want to get something now rather than save an wait.. patience and me have never gotten along. Since my first post a couple days ago, I've been reading a bit about Hallicrafters SX-17's and SX-42's with their push-pull 6V6's and how they can really make some very nice audio - a couple people seem to really like these. However, for some reason, these two rigs don't seem to be mentioned much.. are they genuine sleepers in this case? The SX-17 appears to have good sensitivity and good selectivity with an IF bandwidth switch actually works. I think I read that the narrow position is somewhere around 4-5 kc and the wide is somewhere around 10-12 kc. Has anything I've said made sense and may point me to more specific models of receivers I should be looking at? Thanks again. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
There are a couple of Hammarlund receivers, the HQ-100 General Coverage and the Hammarlund HQ-110 that provide pretty good AM performance on the lower bands. They sound pretty good as is into a decent, efficient speaker and with the modifications included in this article (costing all of about 2 bucks), they sound even better. I have both receivers and am amazed at the nice sounds I receive from the Florida AM Group. http://www.amwindow.org/tech/htm/hqaudiomods.htm The good news is, these receivers can often be found for less than half of your proposed budget. Rodger K1HH On Feb 17, 2008, at 7:58 PM, JT Croteau wrote: I want to thank everyone who has responded so far, both on and off list, to this thread. Brett, N2DTS, said, a couple posts posts back, that I need to take a better inventory of my priorities so let me try and clarify what they are to me. From what I've read, there are two categories of receivers; Battle-Fields and Hi-Fidelity and it is very difficult to have your cake and eat it to. Unfortunately, I am trying to have a mixture of both but leaning more towards Hi-Fi because it is the pure love of the sound of AM that is driving me to setup this AM station. I am learning that there is no perfect receiver and it is very hard for a newbie like me to pick one. I wish I had the luxury to afford to buy several different ones like some people but I can only afford one receiver at the moment A big problem for newbies is the fact that EVERYONE has differing opinions for each model and it's often hard to get two people to totally agree on the same model. For example, I'll ask for opinions on an ABC-123 and one person will reply, oh yeah, it's awesome on AM while another will say stay away, it's only good for slopbucket signals. If I could afford multiple purchases, it'd be much easier to take a gamble and experiment but I can't so it's very difficult to choose from just looking at specs and opinions. With this said: AM 75M and 40M coverage is my primary interest at this time, I will NEVER be using the radio to tune in slopbucket nor CWer. SWL and 160M coverage would be nice as well but it will be a couple years before I have space for a 160M antenna. Hi-Fidelity is near the top of my must haves but not if it's results in a huge hit on receiver performance. However, I definitely don't want bottom of the barrel communications grade audio. I've been in some shacks where the audio fills the room and you can feel the audio down to your bones. I want to achieve this or as close as I can get within my budget. Looks, style, size, and weight don't really matter as it's what's inside the box that counts to me. Ideally the smaller the better and if it fits in a standard 19 rack, all the better as I have plenty of rack space. Budget - Yeah, this will always be an issue for me. But I can realistically afford to spend a max. of $400 on a receiver so I may not be able to get super Hi-Fi with this budget but I would think that I should be able to still find something with very good fidelity. If I had the money to go all out, I'm the type of person who definitely would so I am not trying to cheap out on this. But I do want to get something now rather than save an wait.. patience and me have never gotten along. Since my first post a couple days ago, I've been reading a bit about Hallicrafters SX-17's and SX-42's with their push-pull 6V6's and how they can really make some very nice audio - a couple people seem to really like these. However, for some reason, these two rigs don't seem to be mentioned much.. are they genuine sleepers in this case? The SX-17 appears to have good sensitivity and good selectivity with an IF bandwidth switch actually works. I think I read that the narrow position is somewhere around 4-5 kc and the wide is somewhere around 10-12 kc. Has anything I've said made sense and may point me to more specific models of receivers I should be looking at? Thanks again. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. I recommend Macs to my friends, and PCs to those I don't mind charging by the hour. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help:
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
Beat away! Now go back and READ what the original poster is looking for: AM Receiver - NO CW - NO SSB So WHAT good is a BFO for HIS chosen purpose?? Bob - NØDGN Greg wrote: Oh Boy! I get to beat up the HQ 100 again! Where's the BFO in the HQ 100? There isnt any! you have to make the q multiplier oscillate to copy cw with this radio and ssb copy is not so hot The HQ one ten has one and is a way better radio The funny thing is they cost about the same to buy Greg KINSTON NC -- Bob Bethman/NØDGN/BC-610/Northern Radio SP-600 Manassas, VA - MultiBand Dipoles __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
On Feb 17, 2008 9:23 PM, Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There isnt any! you have to make the q multiplier oscillate to copy cw with this radio and ssb copy is not so hot But again, and I agree totally with you from the reviews I've read, for my application do I care? As I've stated, I'm only interested in AM.. I have no interest whatsoever in tuning in SSB or CWer. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
yup i am one of those that frequent 7195. great bunch of guys there! now 7160 is better. there were am nets there 20 years ago...y not resurrect am on 7160 for starters? tom in texas ad5fd www.geocities.com/ad5fd7 Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
The only thing wrong with 7160 is it requires an Advanced or Extra ticket. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: tom scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM? yup i am one of those that frequent 7195. great bunch of guys there! now 7160 is better. there were am nets there 20 years ago...y not resurrect am on 7160 for starters? tom in texas ad5fd www.geocities.com/ad5fd7 Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
On Feb 17, 2008 9:47 PM, Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing wrong with 7160 is it requires an Advanced or Extra ticket. pfft, if someone today can't become an Extra they have issues. LOL! -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
Oh Boy! I get to beat up the HQ 100 again! Where's the BFO in the HQ 100? There isnt any! you have to make the q multiplier oscillate to copy cw with this radio and ssb copy is not so hot The HQ one ten has one and is a way better radio The funny thing is they cost about the same to buy Greg KINSTON NC - Original Message - From: Rodger Hough [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England There are a couple of Hammarlund receivers, the HQ-100 General Coverage and the Hammarlund HQ-110 that provide pretty good AM performance on the lower bands. They sound pretty good as is into a decent, efficient speaker and with the modifications included in this article (costing all of about 2 bucks), they sound even better. I have both receivers and am amazed at the nice sounds I receive from the Florida AM Group. http://www.amwindow.org/tech/htm/hqaudiomods.htm The good news is, these receivers can often be found for less than half of your proposed budget. Rodger K1HH On Feb 17, 2008, at 7:58 PM, JT Croteau wrote: I want to thank everyone who has responded so far, both on and off list, to this thread. Brett, N2DTS, said, a couple posts posts back, that I need to take a better inventory of my priorities so let me try and clarify what they are to me. From what I've read, there are two categories of receivers; Battle-Fields and Hi-Fidelity and it is very difficult to have your cake and eat it to. Unfortunately, I am trying to have a mixture of both but leaning more towards Hi-Fi because it is the pure love of the sound of AM that is driving me to setup this AM station. I am learning that there is no perfect receiver and it is very hard for a newbie like me to pick one. I wish I had the luxury to afford to buy several different ones like some people but I can only afford one receiver at the moment A big problem for newbies is the fact that EVERYONE has differing opinions for each model and it's often hard to get two people to totally agree on the same model. For example, I'll ask for opinions on an ABC-123 and one person will reply, oh yeah, it's awesome on AM while another will say stay away, it's only good for slopbucket signals. If I could afford multiple purchases, it'd be much easier to take a gamble and experiment but I can't so it's very difficult to choose from just looking at specs and opinions. With this said: AM 75M and 40M coverage is my primary interest at this time, I will NEVER be using the radio to tune in slopbucket nor CWer. SWL and 160M coverage would be nice as well but it will be a couple years before I have space for a 160M antenna. Hi-Fidelity is near the top of my must haves but not if it's results in a huge hit on receiver performance. However, I definitely don't want bottom of the barrel communications grade audio. I've been in some shacks where the audio fills the room and you can feel the audio down to your bones. I want to achieve this or as close as I can get within my budget. Looks, style, size, and weight don't really matter as it's what's inside the box that counts to me. Ideally the smaller the better and if it fits in a standard 19 rack, all the better as I have plenty of rack space. Budget - Yeah, this will always be an issue for me. But I can realistically afford to spend a max. of $400 on a receiver so I may not be able to get super Hi-Fi with this budget but I would think that I should be able to still find something with very good fidelity. If I had the money to go all out, I'm the type of person who definitely would so I am not trying to cheap out on this. But I do want to get something now rather than save an wait.. patience and me have never gotten along. Since my first post a couple days ago, I've been reading a bit about Hallicrafters SX-17's and SX-42's with their push-pull 6V6's and how they can really make some very nice audio - a couple people seem to really like these. However, for some reason, these two rigs don't seem to be mentioned much.. are they genuine sleepers in this case? The SX-17 appears to have good sensitivity and good selectivity with an IF bandwidth switch actually works. I think I read that the narrow position is somewhere around 4-5 kc and the wide is somewhere around 10-12 kc. Has anything I've said made sense and may point me to more specific models of receivers I should be looking at? Thanks again. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post:
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
You weren't in the exam room yesterday seeing people fail both the General and Novice exams. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, Real Radios Glow in the Dark - Original Message - From: JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM? On Feb 17, 2008 9:47 PM, Bob Macklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing wrong with 7160 is it requires an Advanced or Extra ticket. pfft, if someone today can't become an Extra they have issues. LOL! -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] 7160
There is still a little AM activity there, usually on Saturday or Sunday afternoon near 2:00 PM. There are a few guys in southwest Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas that have semi-regular weekend schedules. I remember the hay day of 7160, especially on Saturday mornings and Saturday nights. There was John, W5MEU with a fine sounding BC610 from San Antonio, plus a guy named Tom, whose call I don't recall, but who had one of the best signals from a Ranger I've ever heard. There was also a guy named Paul from Illinois. Going back into the late 70s, I think the last time I heard Fred, W6QS, was on 7160 on a winter evening. Fred was loud wherever you heard him. I've never seen anything written about his station, but it would make a great subject for someone who knew him. I'm omitting many other calls from that 7160 group, but there were a bunch of guys there at least every weekend, and sometimes through the week as well. Mike Duke, K5XU American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] For Sale/Wanted/Trade ads
Ladies and Gentlemen let me remind you, if you run an ad for anything, put your contact information in the ad and ask that anyone who responds to your ad to contact you off list. This will help keep the archives size down which saves space and everyone won't have to wade through messages that do not discuss a topic. We have enough traffic to read as it is. It will also reduce search time when reading the digest mode and searching the archives for a message. To those of you who joined recently, please read the list rules. You will find a link at the bottom of each message that will direct you to the site. Your help will be appreciated Jim/W5JO Moderator __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] FS SP-400SX, Tube Testers, Millen GDO, More
For Sale Boatanchors, Test Gear and Related Hammarlund SP-400-SX with cabinet, power supply and original matching speaker. The SX model does not cover the BC band--it is 1.25mc to 40mc. This is just about the nicest one of these I have ever seen. The gray wrinkle front panel with the Hammarlund name in script in the upper left hand corner is really nice. I believe this is all original in every respect. Untested and as-found. $299 James Millen 90651 GDO with all coils, coil rack and original manual. Looks excellent. Untested and as-is. Two books are included with this: John Lenk: Servicing With Grid Dip Meters (Sams), and Rufus Turner, How To Use Grid Dip Oscillators (Rider). And finally, two GDO articles are included: Supplementary Applications of the GDO (from the CD Capacitor Magazine) and What Can You Do With A Dip Meter? (from QST). All for $69 plus $11 flat rate box mailing with tracking. Nice old homebrew transmitter. This is built on a 13x7x2 inch chassis and has an 8 inch high aluminum front panel. The panel has tune and load controls, a 0-200ma meter, xtal socket, key jack and power switch with pilot light. It uses 3 tubes in ceramic sockets and 2 of them are missing. The one present is 6AG7--the oscillator I assume. The output tube has 5 pins with no grid or plate caps so I am thinking 807… The other empty socket is octal, next to the power transformer, undoubtedly a rectifier 5U4 or 5R4 variety. The beefy power supply looks like it can handle the transients with big oil caps and heavy choke. The rig uses 2 plug-in coils--both National on ceramic bases--marked 20E and 40E. So I am guessing it’s doubling a 40M xtal for output on 20 with these 2 coils. No other coils available. Construction and parts quality is 100% first class. Dirty but no rust or mechanical problems. Untested and as-is. $59 Challenger CH8 PA Amplifier. This has a 5881 (with the guide pin broken off but otherwise intact) in the 6L6 socket. Dirty with some rough spots on the paint. $15 Bud 17x13x3 steel black wrinkle chassis. NOS. Some rough storage has resulted in a few paint scrapes. And these some dirt. But it looks very good overall. No holes. $22 Meissner Analyst. King of the immediate post-war “radio analyzers”. Later imitated by the RCA/Rider Chanalyst. Has 4 or 5 eye tubes. This one is dirty but in nice shape with most or all of the original test leads. $69 Radio City Products Tube Tester VTVM Combo in wooden box. Meter is broken. No Manual or data. $5 Triplett 3413-A Tube Tester in metal case. Dirty as hell but should clean up with Gojo. Emission pass/fail type. Untested. $15 Precision 920 Tube Tester In wooden case. Looks good. Untested. $20 Thanks for looking. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
When conditions on poor, sometimes you can use the CW/SSB position as a poor man's synchronous detector. So don't rule out a receiver that has a decent BFO in it. It can be an aid in copying weak signals on AM. Pete, wa2cwa http://www.manualman.com On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:30:41 -0500 JT Croteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Feb 17, 2008 9:23 PM, Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There isnt any! you have to make the q multiplier oscillate to copy cw with this radio and ssb copy is not so hot But again, and I agree totally with you from the reviews I've read, for my application do I care? As I've stated, I'm only interested in AM.. I have no interest whatsoever in tuning in SSB or CWer. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] Wanted: Receiver - New England
JT Croteau wrote: AM 75M and 40M coverage is my primary interest at this time, I will NEVER be using the radio to tune in slopbucket nor CWer. SWL and 160M coverage would be nice as well but it will be a couple years before I have space for a 160M antenna. Hi-Fidelity is near the top of my must haves but not if it's results in a huge hit on receiver performance. However, I definitely don't want bottom of the barrel communications grade audio. I've been in some shacks where the audio fills the room and you can feel the audio down to your bones. I want to achieve this or as close as I can get within my budget. Define Hi-Fidelity? Just because you can 'hear' the audio better, makes it hi-fi? Hell, bubba.. if that's all you want, get some 18 woofers and a pair of tweeters, lash 'em up in a line-amp configuration, and take the 8-ohm output from your rice-box and drive them big speakers. You'd be surprised what a -big- speaker will do, on a radio that you're used to listening to, that has a speaker about the size of a quarter What about near-channel interference? Tighten up the selectivity? If you think that 6kc is 'narrow' what's gonna happen when some ssb'er snuggles up 2kc below ya? (and you -know- they will!) Any good ol' Hallicrafter or Hammarlund receiver would do you good. The HQ-170 ~ HQ-180 is a good receiver... SP-600, SX-73, National's are good... see what they go for. Occasionally one shows up here... -- Driving your AM Rig without a scope, is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
Bob Macklin wrote: The only thing wrong with 7160 is it requires an Advanced or Extra ticket. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, What's stopping you from upgrading? Callsign *K5MYJ http://www.qrz.com/callsign/K5MYJ *Class:* General *Codes: http://www.qrz.com/i/codes.html* HVI* USA Name*Robert H Macklin* Addr1 *309 5th Ave. S. Apt. 406* Addr2 *Kent, WA 98032* Country *USA* Effective *30 Aug 2003 *Expires:* 21 Mar 2013* FRN *0008474678 *What's this? http://www.qrz.com/i/fccsoup.html FCC *ULS Listing http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=2497234* Lookups *209* Update / Renew this License... http://www.qrz.com/renewals Apply for new Vanity callsign... http://www.qrz.com/click?id=613;tag=callsign:K5MYJ;page=db * * Previously *KD7UKF* Coordinates *47.392732 -122.260066about http://www.qrz.com/i/coordinates.html * State *Washington* County *King* Grid*CN87uj* Area Code *206* GMT Offset *-8* Time Zone *Pacific* Has DST?*Y* Born*0010* -- Driving your AM Rig without a scope, is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 7160
Mike Duke, K5XU wrote: There is still a little AM activity there, usually on Saturday or Sunday afternoon near 2:00 PM. There's been some AM activity on 40m on 7.290 on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, as well. At least, there used to be. I remember the hay day of 7160, especially on Saturday mornings and Saturday nights. There was John, W5MEU with a fine sounding BC610 from San Antonio, That BC-610 will be back in my shack again, soon. plus a guy named Tom, whose call I don't recall, but who had one of the best signals from a Ranger I've ever heard. Wasn't Tom in Arkansas? Had an AA5 call, as I recall. There was also a guy named Paul from Illinois. That'd be W9IEY, Paul near Chicago. I'm omitting many other calls from that 7160 group, but there were a bunch of guys there at least every weekend, and sometimes through the week as well. Oh, there were plenty of others that were on 40m, including Marv/W5TQO to name one, but a bunch more I can't remember, either. -- Driving your AM Rig without a scope, is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
Bob Macklin wrote: You weren't in the exam room yesterday seeing people fail both the General and Novice exams. Gotta agree... anyone who can't pass a General or Extra test these days has got -serious- learning disabilities. -- Driving your AM Rig without a scope, is like driving your car at night, without headlights. (K4KYV) -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
Re: [AMRadio] 40M AM?
On Feb 18, 2008 1:34 AM, Geoff/W5OMR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gotta agree... anyone who can't pass a General or Extra test these days has got -serious- learning disabilities. Memorizing the answers isn't rocket surgery, that's for sure. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH (FN42gx) Contest Manager, TARA Skirmish __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
[AMRadio] Re: Wanted: Receiver - New England
I have heard the HQ-100's and HQ-110's have lousy front ends and overload easily and that the rest of the Hammarlunds are much better. I have many Super Pros, the Super Pros all sound much better than my HQ-180. I've also heard that the HQ-120 through HQ-160's also sound good. The SP-200's and 400's sound very good with at least ten watts of push pull audio. The SP-600's also sound good but have less bass response. HRO-50's and 60's also sound very good Bob Young KB1OKL There are a couple of Hammarlund receivers, the HQ-100 General Coverage and the Hammarlund HQ-110 that provide pretty good AM performance on the lower bands. They sound pretty good as is into a decent, efficient speaker and with the modifications included in this article (costing all of about 2 bucks), they sound even better. I have both receivers and am amazed at the nice sounds I receive from the Florida AM Group. http://www.amwindow.org/tech/htm/hqaudiomods.htm The good news is, these receivers can often be found for less than half of your proposed budget. Rodger K1HH _ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008__ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
