[TenTec] Rx340 Close in dynamic range modification by N4PY

Tom Rauch w8ji at contesting.com
Fri Apr 26 07:25:11 EDT 2002


> Anyway, with this filter installed, the close in dynamic range for
> signals between 3 and 10 khz away is now improved to over 100 db. Of
> course, the dynamic range for signals past 10 khz was always very very
> high. There is no change for signals less than 3 khz away.
>  That figure is still 65 db.
> Because of the 1 khz center frequency tunig of the DSP, I cannot use a
> tighter filter than this.  The mod was not too hard to install but did
> require cutting one land trace on the second mixer board ( a little
> scary!).

Well, at least it would be good for SSB now. It makes the RX340 about 
like the old FT101EE's and unmodified Drake R4C's.

73, Tom W8JI
W8JI at contesting.com 




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