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limitation in the SB-620 with the 455 kHz IF, but I forget what it is at this moment. I
think it is 1 mHz. Still useful in crowded situations, beacon DXing, and looking for
clandestines that jump around to avoid jamming, etc.
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:04:28 -0700
Subject: Re: [R-390] Coil forms and more...SB-620, etc...
You fellows might want to take a look at Kees Talen's web site. He has info on winding
coils for the SB-620 for the other frequencies and service data.
http://www.qsl.net/k5bcq/
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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:01:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [R-390] SSB on the 390 series
A few have asked about the item I sent a few years ago, relating to reasonable SSB on a
unit not intended for SSB. They wanted the method again.
We have so many experts on this list...I hesitate to write up the method taught me long
ago. I got it straight from Cpl. Stone . ... when I was young and viable...(?) But you don't
have to be highly sentient to do this..The ability to listen is the most important
requirement.. First of all, while pitch discrimination ranges from perfect pitch, to tone
deaf, my understanding is that all can generally detect a very small change in pitch.As a
result, the best, (or lowest, in case of the 390), point for the osc, (usually called
BFO..)can be determined easily. The change detected by most people is 4 to 5 cents, or 4
to 5 / 100 of a half step in music pitch, a very small ammount indeed. It is, by the way,
this ability that allows highly experienced persons to align w/ amazing sucess, with only
the ear. (That is, "manually", as is often said). In mil. practice, I saw alignment done to
near perfection with this method.. On the above, I refer you to an enormous amount that
is available just using the term "sound"..on the internet...Add "music", or "physics" and
you could not read it in less than a lifetime..I will not continue on acoustics, but suggest
you might want to read, if you never have..(By the way, my minor was Acoustics. I once
thought I was bright enough to be an engineer..) It is important to remember that you will
always hear a harmonic content in any sound, and you have to listen carefully. It is of
interest that the result for all radio SSB transmissions, is sometimes as good as the best
converter..It will depend upon being very careful to find the correct settings, and on your
filters.
The Method for the 390 series Is...:
1 Remove ant. and go to a very quiet point (rel. to the internal noise). Remove BFO knob,
and with BFO switch on, tune BFO to find point where the pitch, or the harmonic
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