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Michael Black July 8th 04 07:46 PM

Richard Clark ) writes:
On 08 Jul 2004 04:38:58 GMT, (WShoots1) wrote:

at a higher frequency

Roger, Richard, much higher. Hi Like 455 kHz. (Or was it kc back then?)

73,
Bill, K5BY


Hi Bill,

455000 cps ;-)

Used in the Collins R-390 and URC-32 (course material for the Navy's
ETA school, 6 week N branch section A4).

Didn't the R390 have a 500KHz IF?

Michael


Richard Clark July 8th 04 09:26 PM

On 8 Jul 2004 18:46:00 GMT, (Michael Black)
wrote:

Richard Clark ) writes:
On 08 Jul 2004 04:38:58 GMT,
(WShoots1) wrote:

at a higher frequency

Roger, Richard, much higher. Hi Like 455 kHz. (Or was it kc back then?)

73,
Bill, K5BY


Hi Bill,

455000 cps ;-)

Used in the Collins R-390 and URC-32 (course material for the Navy's
ETA school, 6 week N branch section A4).

Didn't the R390 have a 500KHz IF?

Michael


Hi Michael,

Hmm, three chances to be right (this is a triple conversion receiver)
but, no, 500KHz is not one of them. Consult:
http://www.r390a.com/VARIF.htm
for the fascinating tale of variable IFs and band switching. This
gave my students hours of entertainment in playing with the
mechanics/electronics of tracking the tuning indicator (and prepared
them for my class in the SRC-20, a synthesized mechanical nightmare of
gears and shaped capacitors).

There are a world of IFs to choose from, certainly, with surplus and
otherwise exotic gear consult:
http://www.nzvrs.pl.net/aaa/ifreqs.htm
I've owned the BC453 with an IF of 85KHz that I used to tune to a
cheap SW (Knight Kit Star Roamer) set's IF for a poor man's double
conversion.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Brian Running July 8th 04 09:58 PM

Instead of playing the 'game' of posting a reply to anything I post.

Your ego is showing.


Uh oh -- worlds are colliding. Remember, rec.radio.shortwave is not a radio
newsgroup, the people there are not knowledgeable about, or interested in,
the technical aspects of radio. If it doesn't involve nasty name-calling or
wild-eyed, mouth-foaming political looniness, then it doesn't belong in
rec.radio.shortwave.



WShoots1 July 10th 04 06:22 AM

Richard: 455000 cps ;-)

LOL Also: 0.455 Mc.

Michael: Didn't the R390 have a 500KHz IF?

That sounds familiar. Could that have been one of the differences between the
390 and the 390A?

73,
Bill, K5BY

Richard Clark July 10th 04 07:58 AM

On 10 Jul 2004 05:22:58 GMT, (WShoots1) wrote:

Richard: 455000 cps ;-)

LOL Also: 0.455 Mc.

Michael: Didn't the R390 have a 500KHz IF?

That sounds familiar. Could that have been one of the differences between the
390 and the 390A?

73,
Bill, K5BY


Hi Bill,

Close, but not in the 390 series. Collins built similar rigs such as
the 75, 51 and R388 (and maybe R389) series only some of which used a
500KHz IF in a fantastic variety of double, triple, and quadruple
conversion versions.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

WShoots1 July 13th 04 05:08 AM

Collins built similar rigs such as
the 75, 51 and R388 (and maybe R389) series only some of which used a
500KHz IF in a fantastic variety of double, triple, and quadruple
conversion versions.

Thanks,Richard.

73,
Bill, K5BY

matt wilson July 18th 04 07:48 AM


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Does anyone remember a weird compact antenna that was featured in a 60's (or
early 70's) edition of "73" magazine. Had 2 etched PCBs (like spaced plates)
mounted inside a plastic bucket, and fed with coax?
Does anyone know more details of this?
JEFF
ZL3TNV


Wouldn't be a patch antenna by any chance?




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