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Old May 5th 08, 04:19 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Question for the Group... Shortwave Receiver from Hell ?

In article 0898c79e-bdb4-47d1-8648-c469a3e24d26
@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com, says...
On May 2, 10:06*am, Drifter wrote:
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- OK gang, wanting to know: your favorite "Desktop Receiver".
- should be a receiver you own and use most,
- (not one you wish you had).
- a post on the yahoo groups on most popular desktop receiver
- got me thinking.
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- one commented on the brag lines added on the DX list
- on all the high end receivers some use.
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- so, i'll start-
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- AOR AR7030+ my fav.
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- AOR AR3030, most used.
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- GOOD DX!.
- Drifter...
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OK - The 'opposite' Question can also be Asked :

Question for the Group... Shortwave Receiver from Hell ?

Q # 1 - What was the most un-favorable Desk-Top
Shortwave Receiver that you owned and were stuck
with using for a while :
The Receiver You Grew To Hate !
-and- What Made You Dislike It So ?


The screwed up Radio Shack DX-302 I got burned on back in 1983 or 84.

Even after it was "fixed", it's bad audio, along with it needing to have
a safecracker's touch to get any sensitivity on the higher freqs made it
a dog I was happy to see go away.. I replaced it with a Yaesu FRG-8800.

A Uniden Bearcat DX-1000 was almost as bad as the DX-302.


Q # 2 - What was the most un-favorable 'portable'
AM/FM Shortwave Radio that you owned and were
stuck with using for a while :
The Radio You Grew To Hate !
-and- What Made You Dislike It So ?
.


That would be the very annoying Sony IC-2002 I bought someplace as a
closeout. It was probably a repack, and it just annoyed me all to hell.
Very touchy fine tuning, and the AGC was bad too. I thought it was
defective, but a friend who owned one said it was just like his was.
I replaced it with a Sangean 803a? (Don't remember the model number
exactly).

BDK