Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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!)

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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.

R8 used the most, also have an R7, R8A and R8B.

I also have a nice thunderstorm overhead!

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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).


I've been using the Ten Tec 320 for about eighty percent of the time in
the last while. There is a Yaesu VR-5000 next to it, but it's really
cumbersome to use with all the buried menu options.

I've been getting more satisfaction out of the Ten Tec.

Next month I'll probably dust off the FRG-7 and think about putting in a
cable for digital readout.



mike

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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...



AR7030+ My fav.

Ten-Tec RX350 used most so far.

But currently working with Drake R8A which is quickly becoming a fav.

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

On Fri, 2 May 2008 17:14:45 UTC, m II 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).


I've been using the Ten Tec 320 for about eighty percent of the time in
the last while. There is a Yaesu VR-5000 next to it, but it's really
cumbersome to use with all the buried menu options.

I've been getting more satisfaction out of the Ten Tec.

Next month I'll probably dust off the FRG-7 and think about putting in a
cable for digital readout.

I have been going retro now for awhile. My main receiver is a restored
Lafayette HE-10, another one that gets duty is a restored
Halllicrafters S-38, the portables a Panasonic RF-2200, Realistic
DX-440 and a GE Super Radio III. My main attention nowadays is MW
DXing.

--

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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...

--
"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!)

Just being an everyday Shortwave Radio Program Listener
(SWL) my answer would be the Grundig Satellit 800
Millennium Radio because of the Sound, Size and features
like AM-Sync. The Icom IC-R75 Receiver get's play with in
difficult times; but most of my real Listening is on the GS800M.
~ RHF

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

My favorite receiver is the Drake R8B, but nowadays I use my Lowe 225
(Europa) and Drake SW8 more frequently since I can move those around
more easily.

RK

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

Icom R-75;

& a 30 foot random wire ;co-ax lead-in.

( Also Sangean 606A & Degen DE1105, both great sets )




On May 2, 1:06 pm, 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...

--
"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!)

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

I probably use the Ten-Tec RX-350 more than any other when not under comuter
control due to the ease and convenience of the remote keypad. Otherwise
it's draw between the NRD-353Db and the Drake R8A, both mostly under
computer control (lthough I do love spinning that 353D knob).

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


"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

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

In article ,
says...
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...



JRC NRD-515 My favorite..

JRC NRD-525 Most used.


BDK

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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!)

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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.

Question for the group... (Receivers).
 

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!)

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.