On Apr 16, 6:25*am, dave wrote:
Bob Dobbs wrote:
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

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don't buy a SW, especially ham, receiver and expect it to perform
well on the AM BCB.

Why not?
I didn't initially buy any of my HAM rigs for use on AMBCB,
however a couple have turned out to perform very nicely there.
They're very stable (TCXO), have adjustable IF bandwidth and shift,
one of them has a convenient band scan to spot stations,
another actually has a spectrum scope to look at the band.
And even though that band is always full at night
it helps to see what's out there during the day.

The very best ram radio receivers have no coverage outside the ham
bands, where they are bandpass filtered.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Does that mean your Elecraft?

Bob Dobbs wrote:
dave wrote:
Bob Dobbs wrote:
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

~~~

don't buy a SW, especially ham, receiver and expect it to perform
well on the AM BCB.
Why not?
I didn't initially buy any of my HAM rigs for use on AMBCB,
however a couple have turned out to perform very nicely there.
They're very stable (TCXO), have adjustable IF bandwidth and shift,
one of them has a convenient band scan to spot stations,
another actually has a spectrum scope to look at the band.
And even though that band is always full at night
it helps to see what's out there during the day.

The very best ram radio receivers have no coverage outside the ham
bands, where they are bandpass filtered.

I guess my gear all falls outside the "best ram radio receiver" category,
and are more accurately called general coverage HF radio receivers,
with the US amateur band plan imposed on the transmit function.
In one rig there 'were' three SMT diodes
each about the size of a grain of black pepper
that had to be excised. g


It's a matter of being able to use a low IF, and therefore a roofing filter.

On Apr 14, 7:24*pm, Douche BAG wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:26*pm, wrote:

Anyone tried the CCRadio2 from CCrane? This is no UltraLite but it is
supposed to be one of the top performing portables.

Supposedly it has a tuned antenna - From one web site: "The twin coil
ferrite is actually tuned to the desired AM frequency via a varactor
diode automatically for about seven seconds after frequency is
changed."

Made by Sangean. It sounds interesting. One review site:http://www.radiointel.com/review-ccrane_ccr2.htm

Jim

No SSB or Sync don't waste your money on this Chinese junk.

Ummm - I have a Sangean radio and it's actually pretty darn good. It
has SSB, and it doesn't need sync.

bpnjensen wrote:
On Apr 14, 7:24 pm, Douche wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:26 pm, wrote:

Anyone tried the CCRadio2 from CCrane? This is no UltraLite but it is
supposed to be one of the top performing portables.

Supposedly it has a tuned antenna - From one web site: "The twin coil
ferrite is actually tuned to the desired AM frequency via a varactor
diode automatically for about seven seconds after frequency is
changed."

Made by Sangean. It sounds interesting. One review site:http://www.radiointel.com/review-ccrane_ccr2.htm

Jim

No SSB or Sync don't waste your money on this Chinese junk.

Ummm - I have a Sangean radio and it's actually pretty darn good. It
has SSB, and it doesn't need sync.

I have a venerable ATS606AP. Just an LF/MF/HF AM and FM entertainment
radio, but well voiced and very useful on trips.

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:26:01 -0400, wrote:

Anyone tried the CCRadio2 from CCrane? This is no UltraLite but it is
supposed to be one of the top performing portables.

Supposedly it has a tuned antenna - From one web site: "The twin coil
ferrite is actually tuned to the desired AM frequency via a varactor
diode automatically for about seven seconds after frequency is
changed."

Made by Sangean. It sounds interesting. One review site:
http://www.radiointel.com/review-ccrane_ccr2.htm

Jim

Thanks for all the input. Most of it anyway.

Jim