Lowe HF-150 and DSP
 

I am new to the shortwave hobby and I just got a HF-150. Would it be
worthwhile to get a DSP filter, like the Timewave DSP-599zx? The radio
works very well with one of those portable reel antennas clipped on to the
whip antenna. The radio doesn't seem to be suffering from any overload so I
don't think that I need a preselector; I live in a small town that is quite
a distance from any transmitters.

Albert.

I had an HF-150 a few years ago and tried a DSP unit with it. I hardly
used the DSP to be honest with you and eventually sold it. I would
spend some time and try to get an outside antenna up fed with coax and
a matching transformer. This will make a big difference over the reel
antenna. Despite its size and simplicity the 150 is an excellent radio.

Frank
K3YAZ


albert wrote:
I am new to the shortwave hobby and I just got a HF-150. Would it be

worthwhile to get a DSP filter, like the Timewave DSP-599zx? The
radio
works very well with one of those portable reel antennas clipped on
to the
whip antenna. The radio doesn't seem to be suffering from any
overload so I
don't think that I need a preselector; I live in a small town that is
quite
a distance from any transmitters.

Albert.

albert wrote:
I am new to the shortwave hobby and I just got a HF-150. Would it
be

worthwhile to get a DSP filter, like the Timewave DSP-599zx? The
radio
works very well with one of those portable reel antennas clipped on
to the
whip antenna. The radio doesn't seem to be suffering from any
overload so I
don't think that I need a preselector; I live in a small town that
is
quite
a distance from any transmitters.

Albert.

I agree with Frank: Your top priority should be putting together some
sort of outside antenna. It wouldn't need to be anything fancy. The
HF-150 it works best with a modest antenna. It should be outside,
though.

As for DSP, my HF-150 works very well with a ClearSpeech filter (the
base unit). I pretty much always use the dsp filter when listening to
SSB. I never have it on when listening to AM broadcasts, though. The
HF-150's audio quality is so good that I don't want to mess with it!

Steve

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albert wrote:
I am new to the shortwave hobby and I just got a HF-150. Would it
be

worthwhile to get a DSP filter, like the Timewave DSP-599zx? The
radio
works very well with one of those portable reel antennas clipped on
to the
whip antenna. The radio doesn't seem to be suffering from any
overload so I
don't think that I need a preselector; I live in a small town that
is
quite
a distance from any transmitters.

Albert.

I agree with Frank: Your top priority should be putting together some
sort of outside antenna. It wouldn't need to be anything fancy. The
HF-150 it works best with a modest antenna. It should be outside,
though.

As for DSP, my HF-150 works very well with a ClearSpeech filter (the
base unit). I pretty much always use the dsp filter when listening to
SSB. I never have it on when listening to AM broadcasts, though. The
HF-150's audio quality is so good that I don't want to mess with it!

Steve


Hi Steve

Yes the audio quality on the 150 is just too good to adulterate with
anything except when absolutely needed.

Hey, I almost bought a Lowe HF-225 last night for $240 but the seller was in
the UK. Shipping would have been 35GBP or like $70 so I turned it down.
Plus, I hate thinking how the radio would be bounced around all the way from
the UK.

Lucky

Hi Steve

Yes the audio quality on the 150 is just too good to adulterate with
anything except when absolutely needed.

Hey, I almost bought a Lowe HF-225 last night for $240 but the seller was
in
the UK. Shipping would have been 35GBP or like $70 so I turned it down.
Plus, I hate thinking how the radio would be bounced around all the way
from
the UK.

Lucky

I have owned the 225, 150 and 250- liked the 250 and 150 a lot better
than the 225. Build quality of the 225 is very average- not at all like the
150 and 250.

Dale W4OP