snow wrote:
small......still no DX machine. Finally, the Icom 735 though a ham radio was
EXCELLANT as a receiver, but it was a $1000 radio new back in the 80's and
early 90's, so one would expect good performance.


Since you brought up the Icom 735: A very nice little receiver that is
available on the used market for around $350.00

As Pete mentioned the Kenwood 570 is also a good radio, and there are
many other older Ham radios that will outperform most of the portables
that Snow mentioned. But alas, not portables.

While the performance and features of these import portables seems to
be improving with the likes of the Etons, it would be nice if someone
made one built with high quality materials. These recent offerings are
just like most other consumer electronics today.....disposable.


Dave,

On HF:
Kenwood TS-950sdx
Drake R-4C Sherwood mods
Audio output sent to a Marantz 2265B feeding
a pair of Acoustic Research AR-2ax speakers