Re: [IRCA] SRF-39 Versus SRF-59

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- satya@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

 The 39/59, with its native selectivity
> and
> excellent nulling ability, can get good readability 10 khz away from
> a 50
> kw local, whereas my memories of the SR3 were otherwise.  

*** This depends on how close you are, and whether it's aimed at you. I
am 4 miles from KYW-1060 with a lobe at me, and the SRF59 doesn't do
either 1050 or 1070.


> 
> The 59 was compared with the Sony ICF-2010, which also has a huge
> ferrite
> as in the SR3.  Check out "A Tale of 3Sonys" in the Ultra-light files
> area.
> 
>


I have both, and as good as the 59 is, it cannot compete in either
sensitivity nor selectivity with the 2010. Each has its place in my
arsenal of equipment.

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


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