Id say the Lowe is quiet, but you forgot to power it up!
B

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Brian Hill wrote:
"Geoff Burginon" wrote in message
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On 30 Jan 2005 19:37:29 -0800, wrote:

I started thinking about this tonight. I was tuning around with a
Lowe HF-150, comparing it with some other receivers, and was struck
by how quiet the 150 is--and by what an advantage this is when it
comes to resolving weak AM signals.

So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?

The WinRadio G313i by far. Noise floor -138 dBm and the continuously
adjustable IF filter let's you adjust the IF bandwidth to precisely
match the bandwidth of the signal. No other receiver comes close.

Geoff


R-390

B.H.

The Collins should win this contest hands down. Nothing, to my
knowledge,
ever had a lower noise floor. The story is that it was only limited by
the
Galactic background noise level. You can't do any better than that.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html



They're pretty amazing receivers. Now if they only tuned like a SP-600

B.H.

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So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?

I've got one that doesn't work, does that count? No sound at all...

Seriously, though, I think the radio with the quietest noise floor is my
Zenith Trans-Oceanic 3000-1. It has very little audio until you tune across
a station. It's not unusual to blast yourself out because you turn up the
audio, thinking there should be lots of static.


--
Tom Sevart N2UHC
Frontenac, KS
http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc

wrote:
I started thinking about this tonight. I was tuning around with a
Lowe
HF-150, comparing it with some other receivers, and was struck by how
quiet the 150 is--and by what an advantage this is when it comes to
resolving weak AM signals.

So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?

R-390/URR

Les

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So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?


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Frank Dresser

wrote in message
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I started thinking about this tonight. I was tuning around with a Lowe
HF-150, comparing it with some other receivers, and was struck by how
quiet the 150 is--and by what an advantage this is when it comes to
resolving weak AM signals.

So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?

Motorola R-390

The R-390A gets my vote. Its phase noise figures are among the best, which
helps the weak DX get through.

Among solid-state gear I've owned, I consider the AR7030 and ICOM 756Pro
series receivers to be quiet, but not to the same degree as the R-390A.

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA


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I started thinking about this tonight. I was tuning around with a Lowe
HF-150, comparing it with some other receivers, and was struck by how
quiet the 150 is--and by what an advantage this is when it comes to
resolving weak AM signals.

So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?

R390/URR followed very closely by the R292/URR.
Terry

My Lafayette KT-340 was pretty darned quiet, as were many tube radios.
It wasn't particularly sensitive though.

The quietest digital receiver I've owned is a Kenwood R-5000 and it is
sensitive


wrote:
I started thinking about this tonight. I was tuning around with a
Lowe
HF-150, comparing it with some other receivers, and was struck by how
quiet the 150 is--and by what an advantage this is when it comes to
resolving weak AM signals.

So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?

Take a look at phase noise specs on the Elecraft page
URL: http://www.elecraft.com/
Click on RIG COMPARISIONS

I once used a ten tec transceiver which impressed me as very quiet

--
Caveat Lector

On 30 Jan 2005 19:37:29 -0800, wrote:

I started thinking about this tonight. I was tuning around with a Lowe
HF-150, comparing it with some other receivers, and was struck by how
quiet the 150 is--and by what an advantage this is when it comes to
resolving weak AM signals.

So, just out of curiosity, what's the quietest receiver you've used
and/or owned?


Kneisner & Doering KWZ-30
Ten -Tec 565

Jim