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Re: Receiver comparison

 

to bat for thr ft817nd, its big compromise is the speaker itself. a larger speaker helps. my main complain about it is the rx current consumption

On 02-Jan-2017 8:23 am, "Kent Vanderploeg kvanderploeg@... [BITX20]" <BITX20@...> wrote:
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I did not activate the attenuator or the IPO.? I wanted it to be as apples to apples as possible. ? I can also turn down the RF gain and run up the AF gain for some of those buried signals. ? The noise is definitely there, ?but the 817 has a few extra tools to deal with it. ? I'm sure the larger speaker I'm using on the BITX helps too.?

Kent
W9WB?

On Jan 1, 2017 8:43 PM, "parkerp@... [BITX20]" <BITX20@...> wrote:
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Bitx definitely the best sounding of the lot.?


Excessive gain + AGC can create that commercial gear 'canned audio' sound that builders enjoy freedom from. ?

I'm a big fan of the FT817 but yours sounded overloaded. Did you try the attenuator and IPO??

73, Peter VK3YE
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