[TenTec] The Eagle

[Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP]

Barry is correct.  But one more important point:  since the radio uses downwards conversion instead of upwards conversion, the IF frequency (9 MHz) is within the range you want to receive on.  You will not be able to receive signals close to that frequency because the local oscillator of the radio would drown them out.

But Barry probably hit the main point.

BTW, elecraft K3 has exactly the same trouble with the downward conversion.

BUT, due to this downward conversion, you are able to get such great performance with minimum investment in technology.
It's a trade-off Richards.  One I'll gladly take!

73
Rick


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 8:55 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] The Eagle

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 1:19 AM, Richards <jruing at ameritech.net> wrote:
>> You also lose a bit of performance on the general coverage RX.
>
>
>                Why is that?   Why would it play better in the ham
>                bands, and not on the SW bands or in between?
>

It seems a no-brainer that they're using bandpass filters for the ham bands.

73, Barry N1EU
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