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Old August 25th 13, 06:08 PM posted to uk.radio.amateur,rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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Default Crystal phasing & single signal reception

Michael Black wrote:
On Sun, 25 Aug 2013, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Did the R-388 have a phasing type crystal filter, or did Collins put a
mechanical filter in it? I seem to recall the former.


Yes, it had the crystal filter, which was useful in a CW pileup, but not
really all that great for AM or SSB.

I traded _that_ up for an R-390A which has mechanical filters with very
sharp skirts combined with a narrowband audio filter for picking one CW
signal out. Audio quality for phone is not very good, but you can hear
stuff way down in the grass.
--scott

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