Re: [HCDX] DAT vs. MD

["T. Bankson Roach" <sigint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is exactly what I needed to hear! A reason to start saving for a
TenTec RX340 to sit side by side with my HF-1000 :-)!  Now, if I can
just buy that 273 acre plot down the road and put up some Beverages.
It's only about $700,000 and if I explain the advantages of this to my
wife she will gladly give up her next 20 sable coats.


Tom Roach


----- Original Message -----
From: Don <ulformat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <hard-core-dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [HCDX] DAT vs. MD

> Actually, I have had a TT340 for two weeks now. It **does** benefit
from the
> SE-3, particularly since
> the PBT is **not yet** enabled on the TT340 for SAM.  According to
Robert
> Sherwood, the SE-3 level is -10dB, same as the setting for the
HF1000A. So I
> was able to rob one off one of the hf1000As for direct TT340/SE-3 vs
> hf1000a/SE-3 (using a Stridsberg splitter so the signal was the same).
All
> tests were done off beverages, EWEs and Pennants. It makes enough of a
> difference for DXing weak signals that I have ordered one from
Sherwood for
> use on the TT340!
>
> There are many differences betweent the two receivers. There were
cases
> where the TT340 "heard" weak DX better than the HF1000A/SE-3 -
especially in
> LSB/USB using PBT,  and other cases where the TT340 was deaf (example:
3305
> R Western) while the HF1000A heard the signal.
>
> The TT340 PBT in conjunction with LSB/USB was outstanding for
improving the
> signal for 9kHz spacing MW when adjacent to 10kHz US/Canadian signals
> (example: Tahiti on 738 with a very strong PNW station on 740), Fiji
on
> 1467, Tonga on 1017. All from the WCNA.
>
> There are two known microcode bugs (one found by R. Sherwood in the
SSB/DSP
> microcode, and one by myself in the memory storage on SAM. I have one
more
> "sighting" that I have not yet characterized).
>
> I've just published a detailed review of the TT340 vs the HF1000A to
the
> premium receiver group. I will be more than happy to forward this to
any one
> that requests it.
>
>


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