Re: [IRCA] SRF-59 Alignment: The Big Picture

["Ira Elbert New, III" <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As cheap as they are, I could buy another one and send it to you for a little TLC upgrade and keep the one my Wife gave me as a Christmas gift. Interested?

Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!

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> From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:51:09 -0500
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [IRCA] SRF-59 Alignment: The Big Picture
> 
> Hello All,
>  
>       Sincere thanks to all (which now means  practically the whole club) who 
> are giving the amazing SRF-59 a try.   Judging from the astonished, raving 
> testimonials here on the list, it  appears that the SRF-59 fever is soon to 
> become a raging epidemic!
>  
>      Some serious interest has arisen in the SRF-59  alignment question, i.e. 
> should my SRF-59 unit be aligned for best  performance?  Currently the answer 
> is being debated by the only two IRCA  members who have actually performed 
> such a tricky alignment, Steve and  myself.  There does seem to be some slight 
> variation in the sensitivity of  new SRF-59's, but to put matters into 
> perspective, in no case have I ever  noticed a new SRF-59 whose sensitivity was 
> significantly lower to the point  that it could not receive a weak station that a 
> more sensitive SRF-59  could.  Ex-Navy technicians like Steve and myself can be 
> quite  fanatical in pursuing the best possible results in our alignments and 
> technical  experimentation, which basically means that we have a tendency  to 
> "split hairs" over minor variations in performance that have little  chance of 
> significantly impacting a radio's DX performance.
>  
>      The alignment procedure itself (recently  promulgated on the list) is 
> certainly not for the faint-of-heart, and even if  you decide that you want an 
> alignment performed, you may need to seriously  search for a volunteer. If your 
> SRF-59 is thrilling you with great DX  already, you may wish to ignore the 
> alignment debate completely, and concentrate  on the supreme fun that your 
> "Lean, Mean DX Machine" can bring you this  winter!
>  
>                                                                               
>              73 and Good Ultralight DX to All,
>  
>                                                                               
>             Gary  DeBock 
> 
> 
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