I know what you mean. I have a friend that always says that good deeds don't
go unpunished! Sometimes, when you try to help somebody out, the don't
appreciate it.

Pete

"Lucky" wrote in message
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"Pete KE9OA" wrote in message
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Although the RA17 is a VERY good receiver, this person must have had a
bad 6790/GM. Also the 6790 does not have Sync detection, so I am not sure
where this eBay seller got that misinformation from. I have a
6790/GM.......typically, the 6790s have crystal filters, although LSB/USB
mechanical filters were an option. I do have this filter set, but haven't
bothered to install them. The crystal filters work fine. Also, the 45MHz
roofing filter in the 6790 is at least an 8-pole unit and a quad JFET
ring mixer is used. This receiver has an IP3 of +30dBm, so it isn't a
slouch.
More eBay hype....................................it would be nice if
this person could at least get its facts straight. Another thing.....how
did this person measure the S/N ratio, with a Noise Figure meter? With
your typical 15db excess environmental noise, any differences in
sensitivity would be masked. It could be that this person was talking
about audio quality.
Those old tube units do sound very good.

Pete

"Lucky" wrote in message
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On Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...98597 70&rd=1

Lucky




I figured someone on here might be interested in one. Yes, I've seen
numerous cases where descriptions were just plain out wrong.
I even wrote a couple people to correct them but I was told to mind my own
business. Nice...

Lucky