Hans Summers wrote:

[snipped much on which we either agree, or can amicably agree to differ]

Certainly, build something rather than nothing - as Hans says, it will
really open your eyes!


For a VHF/UHF HB design - which is obviously going to be a lot more
complex, and really is an advanced project - search Google for: "S57MV
spectrum analyser" (without the quotes, and also look for the American
"analyzer" spelling).

Sounded interesting, but a google search as described turned up 0
results. In fact a search for S57MV on its own got 0 results. Do you
have any other references?

Sorry, it was S53MV. A lot of the older information has disappeared off
the web, and is now only to be found on the site of VHF Communications
magazine where SM3MV's original article appeared.

http://www.vhfcomm.co.uk/articles.htm

Since the article is said to be too big for the web site (and the web
articles have no diagrams anyway) it seems that you cannot learn
anything useful about this excellent project without buying a back-issue
of the magazine :-(


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73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek