They sure did. On those rare occasions when I could get one tuned in 
properly on my Halicrafters S38, they sounded just like AM. At least until 
the receiver drifted up or down. Usually took 3 to 5 seconds. Man, they were 
broad and touchy. A friend of mine had the Apache and SB10 conbination and 
had to renull the carrier before every transmission. Great memories. 73. Lou 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Keithley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: phasing vs. filter exciters


> The phasing exciters had superb audio quality.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 1:39 pm
> Subject: Re: phasing vs. filter exciters
>
>>
>>
>> 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.