RadioBanter - View Single Post - For Pete Gianakopolis - IC-R70 comments/question

Jake Brodsky · July 22nd 06, 12:50 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
Comments on this receiver from others are welcome.

I'm not Pete, but I have owned an R-70 for a long time (20 years?). My
take on it is pretty much what you seem to think. The AM detector
leaves something to be desired. It sounds a bit distorted.

I know that Sherwood sells an R-70 synchronous detector. I haven't got
$400 to throw at this, to tell whether it's worth the money. I will say
I've yet to hear anything negative about their products.

I have the CW filter, and the FM board. Sideband, CW, RTTY, and FM all
work quite well. The Notch and PBT are very good.

I have some microcontroller chips and I'm thinking of writing some
software to handle the four bit strobed interface in the back of the
unit. I'm not sure how complex it is, but I feel I'm about to find out.

DE AB3A