Oh, you never know!

Brenda Ann Dyer wrote in message
...
Looks like the price point on this wunderempfanger is going to be way more
than my pocketbook will cough up...

(@)@)
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:29:22 -0500, radiok3pi wrote
(in message ):

Here are some non-technical requests.

Please, no slider controls for anything!


Russ got this right!! Slider controls have just gotta be the dirtiest
controls ever made. I think that the factory must put the dust in them as
part of the assembly process.


I'm going to throw this out (up? grin) just because I want to.


How 'bout separating the case into two separate cases: the radio itself and
the audio section and speaker?

And, then, offering two audio sections: one solid-state and one with tubes?



Gray Shockley
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DX-392 DX-398
RX-320 DX-399
70¹ Longwire
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
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Vicksburg, MS US



Ouch! That hurt!!

Hi Gary,
Tube design is not one of my areas of expertise, but I do plan
on having a line out jack, so folks will be able to hook up the unit to the
amplifier of their choice, in addition to using the high quality built-in
amp.

Pete

Gray Shockley wrote in message
...
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:29:22 -0500, radiok3pi wrote
(in message ):

Here are some non-technical requests.

Please, no slider controls for anything!


Russ got this right!! Slider controls have just gotta be the dirtiest
controls ever made. I think that the factory must put the dust in them as
part of the assembly process.


I'm going to throw this out (up? grin) just because I want to.


How 'bout separating the case into two separate cases: the radio itself
and
the audio section and speaker?

And, then, offering two audio sections: one solid-state and one with
tubes?



Gray Shockley
-----------------------
DX-392 DX-398
RX-320 DX-399
70¹ Longwire
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
-----------------------
Vicksburg, MS US



Ouch! That hurt!!

Pete KE9OA wrote:
Tube design is not one of my areas of expertise, but I do plan
on having a line out jack, so folks will be able to hook up the unit to the
amplifier of their choice, in addition to using the high quality built-in
amp.

For that tube feel, you could connect the chassis to the power line, so
that connecting the line out to an amplifier or whatever is a REAL
adventure.

--
"Here, Outlook Express, run this program." "Okay, stranger."

The rotating antenna will be a definite. We will also be going with the
mechanical switch for power.

Pete

radiok3pi wrote in message
m...
Here are some non-technical requests.

Please, no slider controls for anything!

Also, please consider a mechanical on/off switch like the Sony 2010.
This enables one to keep in "on" state and turn it on/off via digital
timer and make unattended recordings and be able to vary the # of
recordings and length of them.

For battery power, please consider C or D cells for longer life. It
will also help add weight to the radio to prevent the slide around
problem.

Any chance of a gyro antenna, a la Panasonic RF-2200?

Thanks - please keep us updated!

Russ K3Pi

Pete,

I just wanted to stress again that if you don't put a selectable-sideband synch
detector in the radio, then you MUST provide a way to do manual ECSS tuning,
which means SSB mode, passband tuning, and (very important) an ANALOG fine
tuning control to zero-beat on the carrier.

For what it's worth, I would not buy a radio for MW DXing that lacks these
features. I've been an MW DXer since the early 60's, and I think synchronous
detection or manual ECSS have been THE biggest MW DX advancements I've seen. I
know it's helped me tremendously. 5 continents heard on MW and counting!

Good luck on your project!

Pete,

Anything 'interesting' to report on your High Performance MW Receiver
in the making ?

~ RHF
..
..
= = = "Pete KE9OA"
= = = wrote in message ...
My employer has given me the go ahead to design a new product. If there is
enough interest, I will design a new MW receiver for the market. What would
you be more interested in......................a small table top type, or a
portable?
Performance wise, I am talking about something like that of an AOR7030.
I don't think that I would be inplementing Sync Detection, but a couple of
I.F. bandwidths could be possible. Definitely, double conversion, and
digital readout, with good audio quality.
Would you want any presets? How about target price? Do you want a built in
antenna, or external antenna only? High and low impedance antenna inputs?
How about a built in tunable preselector?
E-mail me directly, and we will see what happens. Any of you who have built
any of me receivers know what I am talking about...............I plan to
take the design to the next couple of steps up in performance.

Pete

Anything 'interesting' to report on your High Performance MW Receiver
in the making ?

Yeah, we designed it, produced it, promoted it and sold a bunch.
Didn't you get one?
Well, it's now obsolote and has been discontinued/we will not produce another.
Maybe you can find it on eBay