WJ-8716 review - initial impressions
 

Kodak stop bath? It just so happens I have a package of Kodak stop
bath,along with buku kilo other photographic materials and photographic
thingys (photo enlargers,one of them old offset machines and buku kilo
other photo related thingys sitting out there in my old shed in my back
yard.You name it,I probally have it.
cuhulin

WJ-8716 review - initial impressions
 

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:04:34 -0600, wrote:

Kodak stop bath? It just so happens I have a package of Kodak stop
bath,along with buku kilo other photographic materials and photographic
thingys (photo enlargers,one of them old offset machines and buku kilo
other photo related thingys sitting out there in my old shed in my back
yard.You name it,I probally have it.
cuhulin

That stuff has a finite shelf life, especially when stored in the
backyard.

WJ-8716 review - initial impressions
 

After a couple more days, some more thoughts:

1. Twiddling the BFO thumbwheels is a real PITA. Realistically I'll
only have to do this changing from CW to RTTY etc. but still it's a
pain.

2. ISB (independent sideband) split left-right in stereo or on
headphones is the coolest thing since sliced bread. I've never had this
before!

3. Synthesizer noise is not noticable when sitting, but when tuning
through a 10kHz boundary there's this annoying click/thump that occurs.
It's better than radios which "chuff" while tuning, but it is annoying.
(Realize I come from a world of non-digital tuning and I've been
annoyed by all synth-based tuners in one way or another.)

4. 3.2 and 6kHz filters still sound incredibly sharp - WOW! I did some
side-by-side test comparison with my Ten-Tec Triton on weak-signal CW
stuff and while the 0.3 and 1kHz filters are quite acceptable, I think
I prefer the Ten-Tec filtering (even though it's not as brick-wall
steep). Or maybe it's that good old-fashioned analog knob while tuning
on the Ten-Tec. I will have to do more than a couple hours of CW
listening to sort this out - I've grown really accustomed to the sound
of the Ten-Tec filters maybe, or maybe it's just that the Ten-Tec was
built to excel at CW.

5. The hang on the AGC in slow mode seems way too long if I'm tuning
around. I know that's how it's supposed to be, but I'm not used to it
yet. With my other radios I can set the AGC hang time to be long and
don't really notice it while tuning around. Maybe it's a combination of
hang time and the tuning rates (again I'm not used to this digital
tuning with different step rates concept)

Tim.

WJ-8716 review - initial impressions
 

David wrote:
On 2 Feb 2006 09:21:03 -0800, wrote:
Now I get to play with the radio hooked up to an antenna. WOW. This is
amazing. It's got 5 filters (300 khz, 1 khz, 3.2kHz, 6kHz, and 16kHZ).

I doubt it's the filters themselves as much as the lack of leakage
around them.

Naw, I bet that 300 KHz filter lets him hear the whole world... at once! :)

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