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| Reviews Summary for Heathkit SB-303 |
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Reviews: 11
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Average rating: 4.2/5
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MSRP: $389
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Description: Solid state ham band receiver, integrates with the rest of Heathkit SB-line
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AH6G
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 12, 2002 19:57
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The receiver of the SB-line
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've never built one but I own 5. I bought the first over 20 years ago at Dayton. It didn't work well so I put it on the shelf.
Recently I acquired another as a fix-up project. I cleaned up #2 and was amazed at the performance. I dragged out old #1 which still disappointed. After several weeks of debugging the radios, I discovered that #1 was built without the LMO to Mixer feedthrough capacitor.
Since then, I've refurbed 4 SB-303's and have compared them to more modern rigs. 1 kHz readout, stable LMO, good (but not great) xtal filters, strong audio, 3 IF amps, .25 uV sensitivity.
The real trick is to align the LMO mechanicals. Once you do that, you have a great ham band receiver.
One SB-303 that came my way has two Heathkit SSB fliters cascaded. It hears better than the others, this is a worthwhile modification.
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