Stan Barr wrote:

My RA-17 is racked up with a RA-1792, (synthesised solid-state, mine has
provision for remote control and modified eproms to allow tuning down to
0Hz!) the 1792 has better performance than the 17 but I still prefer
the older rx for general tuning around.

Try working one channel while an adjacent transmitter is operating a
few hundred KC away and you'll see why the RA-17 beats the RA-1792
for full-duplex radiotelephone service hands down.

The filters on the RA-1792 sure are nicer than on the RA-17, though,
and consequently audio quality on SSB is a whole lot better with less
noise.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."