The phasing exciters had superb audio quality.

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From: Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 1:39 pm
Subject: Re: phasing vs. filter exciters

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> The phasing exciters didn't have very good carrier suppression and 
> often the unwanted sideband was nearly as loud as the desired 
> one.  What a difference fifty years makes!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 03:01 PM 4/1/2015, you wrote:
> >You are probably right, that waws a bit before my time.  I know my
> >national ncx 200 tranceiver had a vfo that was same no matter what band
> >you were on, they switched crystals.  40 and 15 actually tuned the
> >opposite directions, very strange.  Swan, at least the ones I had,
> >actually switched vfo frequencies when you changed bands.  No days,
> >everything is locked to one master oscilator which is way cool.
> >73
> >Butch
> >WA0VJR
> >Node 3148
> >Wallace, ks.