HF Equipment and Accessories

HF Capable Receivers

• Articles on various general coverage receivers produced in the past can be found here
• These Widebanded Receivers can receive HF - however, the computer driven Icoms are notorious for poor adjacent channel rejection, selectivity and overload issues.
  • Our Other HF Receivers article has links rescued from RadioIntel's old site.
  • Here are the mailing lists for many older radios.
  • The emerging field of Software Defined Radios adds another class of equipment usable on HF
• The Receiver Reviews category has numerous links on receiver reviews, many of which are online
• Many newer HF Amateur transceivers also include a general coverage receiver as well. In most cases these receivers perform very well

Manufacturer Links

• AOR USA
• Degen (Chinese)
• Eton
• Icom America
• Palstar
• Redsun (Japanese)
• Sangean
• Tecsun
• TenTec
  • TenTec Wiki Articles on the popular RX320D, RX340 and RX350 can be found here
• Yaesu

Receiver Terminology

• Receiver Dynamic Range
• Synchronous Modulation/Detection
• Understanding Receiver Selectivity
• Understanding Receiver Sensitivity
• Understanding Specifications

Software

• Receiver Software Applications

Receiver Modifications

• INRAD Filters and Enhancements
• Lowbander.com Modifies DX160 and DX394 receivers
• Mods.DK
• Sherwood Engineering

Sangean ATS-909 Modifications

• RadioLab Modifications for Sangean ATS-909
• AB9IL - ATS-909 Modification and Alignment

Antennas

• No matter how good the radio, without an antenna, it won't hear very much. Here are 2 places with lots of links and information on the subject
  • HF Antennas
  • Loops Some are broadbanded enough to reach the HF spectrum
  • See Bobs America website for more technical discussions on preconditioners, tuners, reviews and more