[Boatanchors] Old technology found in new

[Fuqua, Bill L]

Was the RACAL 17 the first HF receiver with a VHF first IF?
73
Bill wa4lav

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From: Emil Dular [WD4SCZ at aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 7:37 PM
To: Fuqua, Bill L
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Old technology found in new

HQ-100 is one I recall,  used the Q multiplier as the BFO.  I think the
HQ-100A had a seperate BFO and the Q-multiplier. I don't remember if they
seemed more effective than the crystal phasing on an SX-110 now or not. They
were both after the same market about 1959.

Emil
WD4SCZ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fuqua, Bill L" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
To: "Boat Anchors" <boatanchors at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Wednesday, 19 January, 2011 08:07
Subject: [Boatanchors] Old technology found in new


>
>  Regenerative receiver was sort of revived in the Q-Multiplier used in
> many of the 50s and 60s radios. But now Superregenerative detectors are
> used in many UHF remote control applications and an as strange as it may
> seem in lasers.
> There has been work done  using lasers as sensitive tuned light detectors
> using superregeneration techniques.
>
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
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