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THAT I COULD HEAR CLEARLY WITH THE PERSEUS WERE MERE WHISPERS WHEN I
SWITCHED TO MY CONVENTIONAL TRANSCEIVER USING THE SAME ANTENNA.  BEST OF
ALL, I COULD CREATE ULTRA NARROW FILTERS BY SIMPLY CLICKING MY MOUSE CURSOR
IN THE PERSEUS BANDWIDTH WINDOW AND DRAGGING THE RIGHT AND LEFT HAND BARS
THAT REPRESENT THE FILTER SKIRTS.  IT WAS FASCINATING TO TUNE INTO A
CROWDED BAND, THEN NARROW THE FILTERS SLOWLY, LISTENING AS THE NEARBY
SIGNALS VANISHED.  YOU CAN ALSO DRAG THE FILTER THROUGH THE BANDS, HEARING
SIGNALS POP IN AND OUT OF THE FILTER WINDOW.  IF YOUVE NEVER LISTENED TO
SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS USING SYNCHRONOUS AM SAM, YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUVE
BEEN MISSING.  WHEN YOU TUNE IN AN AM SIGNAL AND TOGGLE THE SAM MODE
BUTTON, THE PERSEUS CREATES A STABLE REFERENCE CARRIER TO EFFECTIVELY
REPLACE THE ONE SENT BY THE TRANSMITTING STATION.  THIS GREATLY REDUCES THE
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