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BELOW 20 MHZ AND FAIR AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES.  THE AIRCRAFT BAND COULD USE
MORE SENSITIVITY.  AT LESS THAN 4 UV NEEDED FOR AN S 9 READING NORMALLY 50
UV, THE SIGNAL STRENGTH METER IS NOT VERY ACCURATE.  THERE ARE WIDE AND
NARROW FILTER SETTINGS.  IN THE SSB MODE, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE AUDIO
FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASURED SLIGHTLY GREATER WITH THE NARROW FILTER THAN
THE WIDE FILTER.  AUDIBLY, ITS HARD TO TELL MUCH DIFFERENCE, BUT THE NARROW
FILTER SETTING ELIMINATES HISS IN THE AUDIO.  DYNAMIC RANGE PERFORMANCE
LOOKS GOOD AT FIRST GLANCE FOR A PORTABLE, CONSUMER GRADE RECEIVER,
ALTHOUGH I COULD NOT PERFORM 5 OR 2 KHZ SPACING MEASUREMENTS, AS WE DO WITH
AMATEUR TRANSCEIVERS BECAUSE THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE BLEED THROUGH FROM THE
ADJACENT SIGNALS.  I HOOKED UP AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA FOR THE AM BROADCAST BUT
FOUND THAT THE INCREASED SIGNAL LEVELS OVERLOADED THE RECEIVER SUCH THAT I
HEARD A LOT OF INTER MODULATION DISTORTION.  AS NOTED IN THE REVIEW, THE
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