On Mar 7, 1:59 pm, "steve wilson" wrote:
Hi

My Yupiteru MVT7100 has given up the ghost and died on me. As far as
HF SSB reception went it was ok at listening to Shanwick and
occasionally Gander but apart from that no other stations were heard.

Can anyone please reccomend a cheap, good quality second hand
receiver?

Thanks

Steve

I personally have never heard of a "Yupiteru". I assume that this was
some sort of tabletop. If you want a tabletop, I recommend keeping an
eye out for a 1980s Frog Series Yaesu, a FRG 7000, 7700 or 8800. I own
the 8800 and aside from being extremely touchy when it comes to power
(any sudden surge can temporarily scramble the chips, so I keep it on
a surge protector that I use as a master switch to completely turn off
juice when it's not in use) it's a great rig. These were popular in
their day but are hard to find on ebay-people hang on to them because
they're so nice. If you can't get one of those, try an Icom, readily
available on Ebay for $400 or so. I don't know much about Icoms so
somebody else will have to recommend one. After that, tabletops get
expensive-Drakes can fetch $2,000 each. Kenwood made HF rigs in the
80s, but if you're looking on ebay, you will have to dig through a
million ads for car stereos to find one.