Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's fine - for me, an FM DX receiver had better be able to comfortably
run about 16/7/160. I run some 24/7/160 ( 4 months pretty much straight ).
So the heat was a problem, but also it didn't do anything the others didn't
in the DX Dept - it was all just 'nice-to-haves'.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>

AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip


On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:29 PM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Russ,
>
> I have not worried about the heat the XFR puts out. The venting seems
> fine. It gets warm, but so do my satellite receivers. I do not run the XFR
> for hour after hour anyway. I guess I could install a small fan inside the
> unit if needed.  The XFR mainly is going to be a DX machine. For listening
> to FM, I have my wifi radio, as the vast majority of stations now stream.
> But it sure sounds like the hash is a "local" thing. Everyone that has
> reported FM hash has been within 0-30 miles of the station in question.
> With that dinky FM6 yagi, I am amazed for well the Sony works with it. I
> wish I had my old SC650.
>
> Patrick
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
>
> > Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 19:50:54 -0400
> > From: wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: vroomski@xxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question
> >
> > They're good, but not at that price, even modified as noted.  I bought
> one
> > early on, and returned it within a week on account of the heat - I
> couldn't
> > have operated it on anything short of masonry safely. But I also found
> that
> > here, within 7-10 miles of my IOBOC locals, I did indeed continue to hear
> > the hash, and could not get receptions on those first adjacents any
> better
> > with the XDR than I could with my analog tuners. At this location, a
> Tecsun
> > PL-310 does as well as the XDR did.
> >
> >
> > Russ Edmunds
> > 15 mi NW Phila
> > Grid FN20id
> > <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
> > FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> > Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
> > modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
> > Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Dennis Vroom <vroomski@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Patrick,
> > > Here's a link to a guy in Eugene, OR who modifies XDR-F1HD tuners. He
> > > improves the audio, adds two fans to reduce the high heat in the
> XDR-F1HD
> > > tuner. He sells his modified Sony XDR-F1HD tuners on Ebay. His current
> > > tuner bid is $810.00.  I want to buy a Sony XDR-F1HD someday.
> > > www.xdrguy.com/contact.html Dennis,
> > > Kalama, WA
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