Re: [IRCA] McKay Dymek?

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

What you have is borderline audiophile equipment. These are designed initially for station owners who lived or had other jobs outside of the coverage area of their station or to receive where there were obstacles.

The tuner has decent sensitivity, but marginal or worse selectivity. The antenna doesn't have precise peak and null, nor is the pattern accurate enough for direction finding, however it does have decent gain and peak/null capability.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
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<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Tue, 1/31/12, C & T Dorn <cdorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: C & T Dorn <cdorn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] McKay Dymek?
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 2:37 PM
> Hi all. I recently picked up a McKay
> Dymek AM5 tuner and DA3 ferrite bar antenna. Both seem to
> work well. I have found a few bits of info on these pieces
> on the net, but would be interested to chat with someone who
> has had more experience with them. I know these are relics
> from the past, and not top notch DXing tools, but the tuner
> particularly seems pretty decent. Drop me an e-mail if
> anyone out there is more familiar with these items.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris VE6IY
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