If you have a nearby first adjacent (especially at 20 kHz), you might be better off with a standard receiver. Might be worth measuring it and comparing it against a standard receiver - I'd be curious to hear the results as I've never done that test myself.
--- Jeff WN3A > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Sawyer > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 5:45 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] To DVP or not to DVP > > > > Hmmm... I didn't realize the DVP has a wider IF. I gather DVP > requires up to 6 Khz of audio. So now I'm thinking that this > receiver is not suitable for my busy hill (Santiago Peak). > What do you think? > > -- > Tim > :wq > > On Sep 6, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Jeff DePolo wrote: > > > The SP docs show it being a DVP station. DVP receivers have > wider (and > > flatter) IF filtering than standard Micor Sensitron > receivers. They need a > > flatter IF passband to decode DVP properly. I'm wondering > if that's why the > > 20 dBQ reading comes out higher than normal. > > > > >