This is the kind of stuff I like to see on this net. It teaches us
something. Thanks Carl, 73 K9PEP
At 09:34 AM 12/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I have built five of these receivers so far and one modification greatly
reduces
>the noise from the display. Use a peice of cardboard and fashion a cover
usinc
>copper foil tape with conducting adhesive to shield the rear of the
display board.
>after the cardboard is cut to shape cover it with the copper tape leaving
about a
>half inch of tape at each side to be folded and attached to the sides of the
>case. At home I use the TT active antenna kit with a 15 foot coax lead. The
>receiver is fun to build and performs surprisingly well for digital reception
>also. I have used one to receive the ARL bulletins with a KAM Plus and it
works
>really well. One trick is to save the center of each band in memory then use
>memory tune to get quickly to each band.
>
>
>Carl Hyde
>carl.s.hyde@lmco.com
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