Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28469 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2004 21:18:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore01.plus.net) (192.168.71.1) by ptb-mailstore02.plus.net with SMTP; 8 Aug 2004 21:18:11 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Btv6O-000Poy-1S for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:21:12 +0100 Received: from [192.168.67.1] (helo=ptb-mxcore01.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1Btv6N-000Pov-VK for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:21:11 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Btv3S-0006Ws-M7 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:18:10 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Btv3A-00038X-4p for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:17:52 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Btv39-00038O-QA for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:17:51 +0100 Received: from mk-smarthost-9.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.48]) by relay.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Btv36-0003N1-EJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:17:51 +0100 Received: from mk-ftp-1.b2b.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.112.85]:2680) by mk-smarthost-9.mail.uk.tiscali.com with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Btv2e-000ALG-Cz for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:17:20 +0100 Received: from [80.225.93.36] (helo=g1l5x3) by mk-ftp-1.b2b.uk.tiscali.com with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Btv2z-000Cf2-Hd for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:17:41 +0100 Message-ID: <000101c47d8a$f0c026a0$245de150@g1l5x3> From: "Howard Aspinall" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <001101c47d2a$6c5ab980$a3197ad5@jgtdiynm> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 18:41:48 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no,DATE_IN_PAST_03_06=0.68,RCVD_IN_SORBS=0.1,SARE_FROM_SPAM_WORD3=0.1 Subject: LF: Re: AR88LF on 136kHz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_03_06 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) I always used an AR88LF on 136, but tapped the IF and fed it into another receiver with better filtering. I too found the IF skirt selectivity of the AR88 inadequate, however using it as a tunable converter worked very well with either a Racal RA17, or with a Ricebox which was deaf lower down the scale. The major downside consisted of weight and size! 73 Howard Aspinall G3RXH