TopBand: Receivers used on Topband

[Earl W Cunningham]

Hi, all,

A lot has been said on this Reflector about 160m antennas, both
transmitting and receiving, but very little about another vital Topband
ingredient -- the station receiver.

I think a survey of receivers used by DXers on Topband would provide
interesting information if the users would provide their
comments/opinions on their particular receiver.

Here are a few of the things I'm sure others are interested in hearing
about:

1) How do you rate the receiver for hearing those weak signals in the
noise?

2) What filter bandwidth do you use for CW to hear those weak signals?

3) If the receiver has DSP, how effective is it for 160m weak signal
work?

4) How does the receiver perform in a strong adjacent signal environment,
such 
   as during a 160m contest weekend?

5) How well does its noise blanker perform on various noises?  (Most NBs
I've
    used work great until a nearby strong signal appears.  This causes
the NB to
    act like it's turned off during key-down periods of the strong signal
-- maybe 
    there's a model out there that doesn't have this shortcoming.)

6) Pro and con comparisons of your receiver versus another model which
you 
    might have made should prove to be highly interesting.

7) Is there any special feature the receiver has that makes Topband
operating a 
    greater pleasure than it already is?

8) If you don't completely like your receiver, what model would you
prefer to 
    have, and why?

And any other comments you may have.  To keep bandwidth down on this
reflector, please  reply directly to me.  I'll then compile a summary of
all comments (with their callsigns) and post it here.

73, de Earl, K6SE


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