[TenTec] Perspective on Collins R390A

[Carl Moreschi]

One other thought.  Any of the old type receivers that has a BFO and does
not have a product detector can copy SSB quite well.   All you do is run the
AF gain full and use the RF gain control as a volume control.  You do not
have AGC with this method but SSB comes out quite nicely.  I do this now
with my old Collins 75A1 (1950) and also my RCA ACR-155 (1937).

Carl Moreschi N4PY
Franklinton, NC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Manship" <w9oj at peoplepc.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Perspective on Collins R390A


> At 08:36 PM 1/23/03 -0000, Carl Moreschi wrote:
> >The R390A did very well in it's day.  It was one of the most accurate and
> >stable receivers of its time with excellent mechanical filters.  It
played
> >real well on AM, SSB, and CW.
>
> Didn't the R390A require an external SSB adapter to become a "real"
> SSB receiver (selectable sideband and a product detector) ?
>
> 73 de Mike W9OJ
>
>
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