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Giulio Scaroni wrote:
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<font size=-1>Thank for all the station
that has answered me with private e-mail for my question on best LF receiver.</font><font size=-1>I
have bought last week end at ham fest here an EDK300 by RFT, is a very
good receiver tunable from 14 Khz to 30 Mhz, very very good stability from
an OCXO at 10 Mhz, but not better than my IC775, the Icom have a better
phase noise becouse its use the DDS, in EDK, the design is like Racal little
older, so PLL from late 80 is little noisy.</font><font size=-1>Also i
have bought a W&G SPM-12, and also this unit is very well working on
LF, so at the end, after many test, not big difference from all the equipment,
also the W&G, with the 25 Hz filter is very good in QRSS (but not good
stability, the OL is not phase loocked).</font><font size=-1>The last is
my IC 738 with an external DBM Mini Circuit mixer and preselector, not
worse, not better than all the other here, with my short antenna, may be
that in Mantova with big antenna the history may be different!!</font><font size=-1>So,
after this test, i dont know if is really good buy a receiver designed
for LF, when a good HF radio with external converter do the same job!!</font><font size=-1>But
is also the spirit of our hobby testing all the equipment, for find the
better solution at less price.</font><font size=-1>73 to all IK2DED Giulio.</font> </blockquote>
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