[BC] HP 3586C receiver...

[Mark Humphrey]

Burt,

Actually, it was the recommendation that you posted here a couple of years
ago that prompted me to start looking for a 3586.  And at a local hamfest a
few weeks later, I found a nice one for $200 -- it needed a little cleaning
up and minor power supply repair but has worked well.  Thanks for the tip!

With an external frequency standard (I have a rubidium that was pulled from
a cell site) it does a super job with AM carrier measurements, not to
mention it's a great LF receiver.  Two weeks from today, the Alexanderson
Alternator in Sweden (SAQ) is scheduled to run some tests on 17.2 kHz, so
I'm planning to put a tuned loop on the 3586C and see if I can copy anything
here.

Mark


On 2/5/06, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> I have a HP-3586B receiver.  It is an amazing piece of
> equipment.  With a calibrated antenna it would make a precision Field
> Intensity Meter.  I think if I was able to toss it up on my shoulder
> I would just keep going over and kill myself.
>
> Burt
>