On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:50:00 -0700, Cadiscase wrote:

Can someone compare the above receivers or direct me to a site that
does?
I am interested in buying one of these and need to make a decision of
which one does what.
I did look up the reviews on eham. It was good but lacked a bit of
comparitive info. Thanks

I have a HQ-145XC(with the clock). It is single conversion under 10MC,
then dual conversion above that. It has a crystal filter that works very
well, the audio is OK. The HQ-180 is the "top of the line". If you can
get one of those, then that would be the choice. The HQ-170 is Ham Band
only, not general coverage.