[Heath] SB-620?

[John]

But....its all about toys. Few if any of my BA projects are worth the effort. ;)

John k5mo

Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:

>For a while, I had an SB-620 set up for 455 kHz i.f. and used it with my Collins 75S-3A receiver.  There was plenty of gain to get excellent displays.  However, it was a nice "toy" to play around with for a little while, but, as for usefulness, not worth the effort it took to get the system working!
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>I can't remember just what I traded it for, but did trade it off!
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>Glen, K9STH
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>Website:  http://k9sth.com
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> From: Chris Kepus <ckepus at comcast.net>
>To: pmarkavage at juno.com; wrcromwell at gmail.com 
>Cc: heath at puck.nether.net 
>Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [Heath] SB-620?
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>Pete,
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>Thanks for bursting my bubble of ignorant enthusiasm for getting my 620 up
>and running with * (* = anything it could possibly be hooked up to).
><chagrined grin>
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>Not ever seeing one of these in action, I presumed there would be more
>excitement and useful purpose generated than "generally worthless".  Having
>read your posts over the years, it is unlikely you are inaccurate.  
>
>Is there any point to putting the time/money in one of these other than the
>value of eye candy? (Pete or anyone, please)
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