How about that. Only bad thing I heard about the DX is the power supply can develop problems. But, how is the Nautel IMD on reduced power have you heard anything? I've heard most guys much prefer Nautel over Harris but the corporate bean counters buy Harris.
Rob On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 10:25 AM, BILL GUYGER <bguy...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > FWIW The nickname among broadcast engineers for the MW series is "Muddy > Water"-xx because of the audio Intermodulation Distortion the thing produces. > I'm not sure that would raise it's ugly head in ham use since you won't be > processing your audio as much as broadcast stations do, and I probably > shouldn't have "muddied the waters" commenting, but at this very instant I'm > fighting for the company I work for to not buy a new Harris product, a 3DX-25 > transmitter, because the IM goes thru the roof when reduced to low power for > night time operation. > > For you other b'cast engineers on the list the IMD is just one of my concerns > having had to tend two 3DX-50 transmitters. I actually got a Harris honcho to > admit the 3DX series is not as good as the DX series (which I like) since > they removed a bunch of parts like vacuum caps in the output stages to make > the thing cheaper to manufacture. > > Bill > > > > ________________________________ > From: kj4hyd <kj4...@gmail.com> > To: kf5...@arrl.net; Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 7:46:23 AM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] The Art of Ragchewing > > On 4/26/2010 2:24 AM, Brian Zwiener wrote: >> The Harris is next to impossible to convert, and would be extremely >> inefficient and expensive to even run the filaments, not to mention it wants >> 120/208 3-phase power! >> > > What model Harris is it? Sometimes you can get Rotary Phase Converters > cheap enough. They can also be modified to run on Single Phase Power. I > know where there is a MW-50 running on Single Phase. > > I run a Harris Gates BC-500H myself. :-) > -- > > 73, > Kevin Raper > KJ4HYD > CE WCKI WQIZ > > There is no limitation to the fidelity of AM radio. From a mathematical > standpoint, AM does better in frequency response than FM. - Leonard Kahn > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
