Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19831 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2003 07:05:27 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from netmail02.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.221) by mailstore with SMTP; 1 Apr 2003 07:05:27 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 8221 invoked by uid 10001); 1 Apr 2003 07:05:27 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 1 Apr 2003 07:05:27 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 190Fko-0002rX-IW for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 08:00:18 +0100 Received: from [138.32.33.140] (helo=mailman2.ppco.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 190Fkj-0002rO-In for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 08:00:13 +0100 Received: from bvlw2k132.ppco.com (trend2.ppco.com [138.32.31.132]) by mailman2.ppco.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with SMTP id h3170BCX025620 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 01:00:12 -0600 Received: from 138.32.31.56 by bvlw2k132.ppco.com (InterScan E-Mail VirusWall NT); Tue, 01 Apr 2003 01:00:10 -0600 Received: from bvlnotes07.ppco.com (bvlnotes07.ppco.com [138.32.54.38]) by mail1.ppco.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h31708B25756 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 01:00:09 -0600 (CST) To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: From: "Laurence J Howell" Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:00:07 -0900 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on BVLNOTES07/CIT/Phillips Petroleum/us(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 04/01/2003 01:00:09 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: LF: TS870 .v. 850 Round 1 - Day 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0tests=noneversion=2.51 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.51 (1.174.2.5-2003-03-20-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false For those looking at the web site I apologize for all the squiggles at 0630Z 1 April - I was doing a rough "lets just see what this Ebay 850 can do in comparison with my "baby". Well....if its true lets delve into the noise and see what signals I can see, the 850 has it (tara~!) The 850 without the high stab osc is taking about 1 hour to settle down and I havent "zero'd" Argo in yet but if Loran lines are a subjective signal s/n test then what is just "seeable" as a weak Loran line is pretty bright with the 850 Yep I checked it is the same Loran line!). Now I know it takes only a few dBs to go from a dull to bright trace but the important thing is that what fades in and out on the 870 is always there on the 850 - this would confirm my/Albertos and half the worlds thoughts on the 850 - its a pretty decent LF receiver. Also Ive got the AGC off, AIP off and NB1 on and I cant hear Loran....static crashes however are audible which they aren't on the 870 (870's NB may be better at this sort of thing as the 850 isn't renowned for its NB)... On the lower freqs around 70K I need the AIP in otherwise I get some left wing liberal talking about the war from my 4 local MF 100Kw Medium wave stations just a couple miles up the road. Loran is audible down here. Sensitivity is much better down here too and JJY on 40KHz is a good sig. Its like getting an old friend back - I had to sell my 850 way back and mourned the day....Im smiling again. It will be the receiver of choice once Ive figured how to X patch everything. With all this SFU's and 2MEV's, DCF39 has dissapeared....Nice Viz Aurora tonight....Laurence KL1X Anchorage -5C www.kl1x.com