I actuallly managed to buy a CRF-1 last week. Compared to all my other
receivers, I really love its size, great sound and amazing battery
life. It's really is the perfect size and performance is on par with
the 2010, great sensitivity, rock stable, etc... worth the wait.

Ivan

John S. wrote:
Steve wrote:
John S. wrote:
I'm never really sure about how to respond to those requests,
especially the unusual ones that offer a finders fee. I've only seen a
couple of CRF1 radios on Ebay. My impression is that it is slightly
less interesting than the 2010. The impressive looking CRF320 would be
a lot more fun to spin the dial on.




The CRF320 is indeed an impressive looking receiver. Is its performance
equally impressive? I've never used one and am not enough of a
'collector' to shell out the kinds of prices they command these days.

Boesch gives it pretty good comments on his website. My guess is that
it will perform pretty darned well for a 30 year old large luggable
with electronics to match. It probably will not outperform many newer
tabletop sets and as we all know it will be decidedly slower to tune
around on. Still it is an attractive looking radio that I'm sure
sounds very good and would be a blast to use.

But I enjoy tuning around on oldies like Panasonic RF5000, Kenwood R300
and old Lafayette kit radios. I'm not ready to pay ther collector
prices such a radio commands because I'm not a collector. I want to
use my radios.