Yeah and electrons flow from positive to negative right? ;)
Dan
dslosty wrote:
> >Anyone else notice that the (Ten Tec) ads for the Corsair II said "triple
> >conversion"?? Of course, it is not true, there are only two IF stages, it
> >should be called "dual conversion" (unless you want to call the OMNI-D
> >"double conversion, hi hi). I often wondered how such a mistake got made,
> >I think it was in the QST ads back when the rig was sold new.
>
> >I love mine even though it is only dual connversion :-)
>
> >Clark
> >WA3JPG
>
> I tend to agree with you but it all depends on how you define
> a "conversion". Some folks count number of I.F. frequency conversions,
> others count the number of mixer stages.
>
> True single conversion rigs like old Swan 350's have only one mixer
> and change VFO frequencies on each band - that's why the multiscale
> dials were used - and why drift was often a problem.
> Recently, one such Swan owner did argue with me that rigs like the
> Ten-Tec Omni-D were dual conversion since it used two mixers in
> order to maintain the VFO at a constant 5 - 5.5MHz range.
>
> Thus one could argue that the Corsair II, with its two I.F frequencies
> and
> three mixers was triple conversion.
>
> It may well boil down to semantics and/or how far back your
> memory/training
> goes. Hey - I still believe in condensers!
>
> 73,
> Doug/WA1TUT
>
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