i love this radio, but i have found one negative with the paragon and that is LW reception. i sometimes like to listen to the NDB's (navigational beacons) below the broadcast band, but the paragon II
The Paragon II is different from the original Paragon. The original Paragon uses a different front end for the segment below the BC band while the Paragon II uses the same front end for 100 KHz to 1.
My memory is not all that good, but I do recall on my Paragon removing a plug from one of the boards (LP filter maybe?) It essentially bypassed an attenuator I think that is in line on the MW frequen
in partial response to John Ferro One additional point is the RX320 and RX320D both are much less sensitive below 1.8MHz. The issue on this radio is the input coupling transformer doesn't work as wel
The Paragon does have an overload issue derived from nearby BC stations {50KW at 30 miles or less} when used with long antennas for the 100 KHz to 1.7 MHz band. Long antennas as in 1/2 wave for 0.5 M
Author: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:48:30 -0600
Perhaps the Paragons would benefit from the combination of a low pass filter and a preamp when listening to LF. Many editions of the ARRL Handbook have included such a low pass filter and likely a pr
john ferro writes... My Ten Tec is ham bands only, so it really doesn't hear well at frequencies below the AM BC band, heh, heh. But I know that a lot of general coverage receivers for ham radios hav