On Apr 27, 8:44*am, dave wrote:
Michael Black wrote:

For AM broadcast band DXing, any old table radio was a good start, they
were sensitive enough. But they all had lousy dials, leaving that same
issue I previously explained, not being sure where you are, having
problems getting back to that previous frequency.

That's absurd. *We were quite able to tune a 5 tube All-American from
540 to 1600 in the twist of the wrist. *KTAR next to the first triangle,
KRIZ was next to the second triangle. *KUPD was in the middle. *Nobody
had any trouble knowing where on the dial "their" station appeared.

I've read what Michael has said in some other posts about why he
didn't like the older radios. I couldn't really put myself is his
place because I only have experience in the specific Hammars I own and
some of my older but newer analogs. But I didn't really understand
when he said about losing your spot or however he said it.

I never had a problem finding the exact same spot after I left a
specific freq - only took a second or two - and now with the freq
counter it's exactly the same....spot on as having a digital. I know
it doesn't take long to spin my wheel and I'm there. I'm not familiar
with some of the pieces he was speaking about - maybe they just flat
out sucked and gave him a bad taste?