On Mar 28, 10:31*pm, John Barnard wrote:
BDK wrote:
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Theo wrote:

In case someone might be interested.

http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=4608148
With the proper crystals for the SWBC bands, an R-4B makes a very nice receiver.

PBT, preselector, IF notch, etc.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

And, as always, don't let your children attend Louisville Technical Institute.
They've hired at least one dufus who once claimed to have a PhD, and who knows,
there may be more dufi there.

*I had an R-4C for a while, it didn't work too well, it needed work. I
was able to sell it almost instantly for a nice profit. I would like to
find another one, that actually works well, again some day. But I would
rather have a Hammarlund HQ-180A instead.

A well-tuned HQ-180AC with noise immunizer is a sweet deal. I had one
for several years before finally selling it about 2 years back. That
being said, I found my SP-600 to be better for MW DXing as the crystal
phase did a terrific job of dropping off adjacent stations. When I was
in Montreal, I managed to pick up Saudi Arabia on 1521 kHz and had to
contend with Buffalo on 1520 kHz. My R-390A and HQ-180AC couldn't quite
get rid of the slop from Buffalo but the SP-600 dropped it out nicely.

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Now that is the piece that I have always wanted and eventually I'll
get one, the SP-600. I've read about all the different models though,
which model do you have? I had the opportunity to use the SP- 600 that
was the military grade, what a fine receiver.