OK, here's my favorites, in order of appearance:

Eton E1
Panasonic RF-2200
Icom IC-718
Nordmende Globetraveller II
Sangean ATS-606AP
Kaito KA-105
Grundig YB300PE

What are you talking about: DX power or good audio? No one receiver is
perfect for all things. Portability comes to mind. Aesthetics may also come
into play.
I've owned the WJ-1000 for about a month (which sucked) and traded it in for
the AOR 7030 that I had for 11 years before I sold it. Also, a NRD-525
side-by-side with the 7030. Each receiver had very strong points, but again,
no one receiver does it all.
Will the Icom 9500 pull it off?

Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP


"Drifter" wrote in message
m...
OK gang, wanting to know: your favorite "Desktop Receiver". should

be a receiver you own and use most, (not one you wish you had). a post

on the yahoo groups on most popular desktop receiver got me thinking.

one commented on the brag lines added on the DX list on all the high

end receivers some use.

so, i'll start-

AOR AR7030+ my fav.

AOR AR3030, most used.

GOOD DX!.
Drifter...

--
"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists,
and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service."
- former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman,
unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!)

In article ,
says...
OK, here's my favorites, in order of appearance:

Eton E1
Panasonic RF-2200
Icom IC-718
Nordmende Globetraveller II
Sangean ATS-606AP
Kaito KA-105
Grundig YB300PE

What are you talking about: DX power or good audio? No one receiver is
perfect for all things. Portability comes to mind. Aesthetics may also come
into play.
I've owned the WJ-1000 for about a month (which sucked) and traded it in for
the AOR 7030 that I had for 11 years before I sold it. Also, a NRD-525
side-by-side with the 7030. Each receiver had very strong points, but again,
no one receiver does it all.
Will the Icom 9500 pull it off?

Terry Palmersheim, KC7LDP


"Drifter" wrote in message
m...
OK gang, wanting to know: your favorite "Desktop Receiver". should

be a receiver you own and use most, (not one you wish you had). a post

on the yahoo groups on most popular desktop receiver got me thinking.

one commented on the brag lines added on the DX list on all the high

end receivers some use.

so, i'll start-

AOR AR7030+ my fav.

AOR AR3030, most used.

GOOD DX!.
Drifter...

--
"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists,
and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service."
- former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman,
unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!)




Mo matter how good the 9500, or any other receiver is, it's one box, and
one box isn't enough, not even close. Many times, when I had 10 HF
receivers, I had them all going and it was great. I have 5 now, and it
seems about right. With one receiver, you miss so much..

BDK

In article , says...
In
posted on Sat, 3 May 2008 01:23:47 -0400, BDK wrote: Begin

Many times, when I had 10 HF
receivers, I had them all going and it was great.

I used to do that with scanners,
have several agencies blabbing all at once,
like having a party at your place
so that you get to enjoy all the social excitement
but aren't stuck with a mess when it's over.


I had a couple friends come over and they said it drove them nuts to
hear all that stuff going on at the same time. I got so used to it, I
would fall asleep while listening, wake up, listen a while, and nod off
again.

I need to get a freq counter and do a little alignment on a couple of my
radios..

BDK

Drifter wrote:
OK gang, wanting to know: your favorite "Desktop Receiver". should

be a receiver you own and use most, (not one you wish you had). a post

on the yahoo groups on most popular desktop receiver got me thinking.

one commented on the brag lines added on the DX list on all the high

end receivers some use.

so, i'll start-

AOR AR7030+ my fav.

AOR AR3030, most used.

GOOD DX!.
Drifter...

An R-390 or R-390A is the best, but I can't afford the electric, so I
must settle for an R8B.

dave wrote:
Drifter wrote:
OK gang, wanting to know: your favorite "Desktop Receiver". should

be a receiver you own and use most, (not one you wish you had). a post

on the yahoo groups on most popular desktop receiver got me thinking.

one commented on the brag lines added on the DX list on all the high

end receivers some use.

so, i'll start-

AOR AR7030+ my fav.

AOR AR3030, most used.

GOOD DX!.
Drifter...

An R-390 or R-390A is the best, but I can't afford the electric, so I
must settle for an R8B.

Got a bunch of great reply s on this. thank you one and all.

GOOD DX!
Drifter...

--
"Regulatory capitalism is when companies invest in lawyers, lobbyists,
and politicians, instead of plant, people, and customer service."
- former FCC Chairman William Kennard (A real FCC Chairman,
unlike the current Corporate Spokesperson in the job!)

In article 0898c79e-bdb4-47d1-8648-c469a3e24d26
@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com, says...
On May 2, 10:06*am, Drifter wrote:
-
- OK gang, wanting to know: your favorite "Desktop Receiver".
- should be a receiver you own and use most,
- (not one you wish you had).
- a post on the yahoo groups on most popular desktop receiver
- got me thinking.
-
- one commented on the brag lines added on the DX list
- on all the high end receivers some use.
-
- so, i'll start-
-
- AOR AR7030+ my fav.
-
- AOR AR3030, most used.
-
- GOOD DX!.
- Drifter...
-
-snip-

OK - The 'opposite' Question can also be Asked :

Question for the Group... Shortwave Receiver from Hell ?

Q # 1 - What was the most un-favorable Desk-Top
Shortwave Receiver that you owned and were stuck
with using for a while :
The Receiver You Grew To Hate !
-and- What Made You Dislike It So ?

The screwed up Radio Shack DX-302 I got burned on back in 1983 or 84.

Even after it was "fixed", it's bad audio, along with it needing to have
a safecracker's touch to get any sensitivity on the higher freqs made it
a dog I was happy to see go away.. I replaced it with a Yaesu FRG-8800.

A Uniden Bearcat DX-1000 was almost as bad as the DX-302.


Q # 2 - What was the most un-favorable 'portable'
AM/FM Shortwave Radio that you owned and were
stuck with using for a while :
The Radio You Grew To Hate !
-and- What Made You Dislike It So ?
.

That would be the very annoying Sony IC-2002 I bought someplace as a
closeout. It was probably a repack, and it just annoyed me all to hell.
Very touchy fine tuning, and the AGC was bad too. I thought it was
defective, but a friend who owned one said it was just like his was.
I replaced it with a Sangean 803a? (Don't remember the model number
exactly).

BDK

Can I have it?

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"Bart Bailey" wrote in message
...
In

posted on Sun, 4 May 2008 16:12:27 -0700 (PDT), RHF wrote: Begin

Q # 2 - What was the most un-favorable 'portable'
AM/FM Shortwave Radio that you owned and were
stuck with using for a while :

ICF-SW77

I'm with Peter on this one: My grandfather (an old ham) bought me the S-120
when I was kid in the (very) early 60s. It was not a fun radio and
thankfully stopped working in a couple of weeks. He replaced it with a used
NC-125 with the built-in Select-O-Ject circuit. Now that looked like a
radio! I had a ball figuring out how to make SSB and CW copy 'better' with
that select-o-ject feature. The howl when it would break into oscillation
used to scare the &^%$ out of my mom.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...


Question for the Group... Shortwave Receiver from Hell ?

Q # 1 - What was the most un-favorable Desk-Top
Shortwave Receiver that you owned and were stuck
with using for a while :
The Receiver You Grew To Hate !
-and- What Made You Dislike It So ?

Hallicrafters S-120.


Poor sensitivity. Poor selectivity. Wouldn't hold an alignment.

Dial calibration was nearly impossible to get close on either end of a
dial.

The excuse for a BFO was only really good for generating heterodynes.

The only thing I could say good about it is that it wasn't the 'Grundig'
Classic 960.

In article , bdenley
wrote:

I'm with Peter on this one: My grandfather (an old ham) bought me the S-120
when I was kid in the (very) early 60s. It was not a fun radio and
thankfully stopped working in a couple of weeks. He replaced it with a used
NC-125 with the built-in Select-O-Ject circuit. Now that looked like a
radio! I had a ball figuring out how to make SSB and CW copy 'better' with
that select-o-ject feature. The howl when it would break into oscillation
used to scare the &^%$ out of my mom.

Hallicrafters S-120

Rat Shack DX-300

Knight Star Roamer

All sad pieces of crap, gathering dust in my 'wall of shame'.


Thankfully, my R8 with TTFD into ANC-4 and a Horiz Loop is all I really
need to have fun.

-j

On May 4, 4:12*pm, RHF wrote:
On May 2, 10:06*am, Drifter wrote:
-
- OK gang, wanting to know: your favorite "Desktop Receiver".
- should be a receiver you own and use most,
- (not one you wish you had).
- a post on the yahoo groups on most popular desktop receiver
- got me thinking.
-
- one commented on the brag lines added on the DX list
- on all the high end receivers some use.
-
- so, i'll start-
-
- AOR AR7030+ my fav.
-
- AOR AR3030, most used.
-
- GOOD DX!.
- Drifter...
-
-snip-
-
- OK - The 'opposite' Question can also be Asked :
-
- Question for the Group... Shortwave Receiver from Hell ?
-
- Q # 1 - What was the most un-favorable Desk-Top
- Shortwave Receiver that you owned and were stuck
- with using for a while :
- The Receiver You Grew To Hate !
- -and- What Made You Dislike It So ?

Panasonic RF4900 Desk Top Receiver :
http://www.dxing.com/rx/rf4800.htm
Impressive Looking but offered no real perfomance.
However both the Panasonic RF2200 and RF2600
'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio were very good
at what they did.
http://www.radiointel.com/review-panasonicrf2200.htm
http://www.dxing.com/rx/rf799.htm

- Q # 2 - What was the most un-favorable 'portable'
- AM/FM Shortwave Radio that you owned and were
- stuck with using for a while :
- The Radio You Grew To Hate !
- -and- What Made You Dislike It So ?
- *.

Grundig S350 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave Radio*
http://www.radiointel.com/review-GrundigS350.htm
The Drift on Shortwave Band was very bad so it was
a Shortwave Radio with an in-effective Shortwave
Band. =But= As an AM/FM Radio it was just about
as good as a GE Superadio III. Plus it had a Digital
Frequency Read-out for ease and accuracy of Tuning.
* The Redsun RP2100 'portable' AM/FM Shortwave
http://www.radiointel.com/review-redsunrp2100.htm
Radio was a real improvement over the Grundig S350
and provided a usable Shortwave Radio Band for
Program Listening on the Shortwave Bands.