I'm working on replacing the repeater receiver on my 902 ham system, and like a lot of you I'm looking to use a converted Maxtrac.
I have read from a lot of you that you're achieving "excellent" receive sensitivity, however, I haven't seen actual numbers. The one I have in front of me now has been modified for the VCO switching, 915 filters installed, and programmed up for my repeater input of 902.7125.. The best I'm seeing here is around .5uv for 12db sinad.. I consider that far from excellent. My present repeater receiver is a Hamtronics crystal strip, and I'm nabbing well over .2uv on it.. The Hamtronics however, has a rather poor front end and my site is a noisy site. The Maxtrac would no doubt be more selective and cleaner, but I would like to get a bit more out of this than .5uv if you know what I mean!
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So what I'd like to know is, what sort of sensitivity are you guys getting on your Maxtracs?? Is mine about in line with everyone else's, or is mine a bit deaf?
Thanks guys for your input,
Steve