Enhanced Apache TX-1 Audio

[digital-conjurers at ADELPHIA.NET]

Ray,

That kinda hits the same note here, though in a different way.  Now, I know that Hams love "modding" their equipment, but if you're into the preservation ethic, wellll...if I started modifying my Apache to the point that it had great audio, it would no longer be what was originally, as the kit came from the factory...a "Scratchy Apache".  The way I look at at, that's what makes it what it is.  It's not a design defect, (some might disagree) it's the way it was designed (or so I am told), to put all the energy into a narrower passband for better communications intelligibility in difficult conditions. Collins, Johnson, maybe even Hallicrafters, all probably have "better audio".

Car collectors are finding the same problem...it's hard to find original classic cars that haven't been hot-rodded, modded, chopped, etc.  A friend of mine wails in despair every time he sees a early 50's Lincoln Hot Rod, as he wants to buy one that remained "Just Stock".  But he's not a Hot Rodder. :)

OTOH, if you're really into AM BC quality audio, gosh, there are lots of vintage AM transmitters out there that'll make that trip better, I imagine...but, if that's your thing, and you only have an Apache, well, go for it, I guess.   "à chacun, leurs propres." (To each, their own.)

-Lin/KJ6EF
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>FOLKS ... this is HAM RADIO ... this is COMMUNICATIONS ...  this is NOT broadcasting.   We are not broadcasting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.  We are having a conversation.   WHY do you want to have studio quality audio during a communications procedure?  Personally, as long as I can understand what  youre saying, I dont particularly care or notice whether youre tonsils are
>giving forth with that beautiful bass tonal quality or you have the falsetto voice of a pubescent teenager...    HI HI.  
>And, if it's a DX or other contest, we've only said three words to each other before we are history and a mere log entry to each other.
>
>Again ... just my own idle curiousity...  not a complaint or criticism.
>Ray  WA7ITZ
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