On Mar 25, 10:21*pm, "D. Peter Maus" wrote:
On 3/26/10 24:15 , bpnjensen wrote:





An Allied SX-190. *This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. *Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. *The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. *It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. *Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. *Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

* *Nice. I always liked that one. Never could quite put a deal together
on one.

* *Great find.

Thanks, yeah, it's pretty nice. Just a fun, old-timey and very
attractive radio. It is the first radio I have that my wife noticed
and approved of the aesthetics ;-)

On 3/26/10 24:31 , bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 25, 10:21 pm, "D. Peter wrote:
On 3/26/10 24:15 , bpnjensen wrote:





An Allied SX-190. This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

Nice. I always liked that one. Never could quite put a deal together
on one.

Great find.

Thanks, yeah, it's pretty nice. Just a fun, old-timey and very
attractive radio. It is the first radio I have that my wife noticed
and approved of the aesthetics ;-)


Then it's doomed.

On Mar 26, 1:34*am, "D. Peter Maus" wrote:
On 3/26/10 24:31 , bpnjensen wrote:





On Mar 25, 10:21 pm, "D. Peter *wrote:
On 3/26/10 24:15 , bpnjensen wrote:

An Allied SX-190. *This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. *Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. *The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. *It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. *Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. *Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

* * Nice. I always liked that one. Never could quite put a deal together
on one.

* * Great find.

Thanks, yeah, it's pretty nice. *Just a fun, old-timey and very
attractive radio. *It is the first radio I have that my wife noticed
and approved of the aesthetics ;-)

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I am afraid, as Peter may be foretelling the future...

On Mar 25, 11:50*pm, wrote:
On Mar 26, 1:34*am, "D. Peter Maus" wrote:





On 3/26/10 24:31 , bpnjensen wrote:

On Mar 25, 10:21 pm, "D. Peter *wrote:
On 3/26/10 24:15 , bpnjensen wrote:

An Allied SX-190. *This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. *Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. *The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. *It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. *Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. *Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

* * Nice. I always liked that one. Never could quite put a deal together
on one.

* * Great find.

Thanks, yeah, it's pretty nice. *Just a fun, old-timey and very
attractive radio. *It is the first radio I have that my wife noticed
and approved of the aesthetics ;-)

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Geez, you guys - What's she gonna do, put it in the kitchen and use it
a trivet?

On 3/26/2010 1:31 AM, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 25, 10:21 pm, "D. Peter wrote:
On 3/26/10 24:15 , bpnjensen wrote:





An Allied SX-190. This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

Nice. I always liked that one. Never could quite put a deal together
on one.

Great find.

Thanks, yeah, it's pretty nice. Just a fun, old-timey and very
attractive radio. It is the first radio I have that my wife noticed
and approved of the aesthetics ;-)
Had one of them back in the day. vary hansom receiver. enjoy.

Drifter...

"bpnjensen" wrote in message
...
An Allied SX-190. This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

Great Bruce, happy for you.
Keep us posted on the upgrades!

On Mar 26, 1:15*am, bpnjensen wrote:
An Allied SX-190.SNIP
Bruce Jensen

Congrats Bruce - sounds pretty sweet - enjoy.

James NB1R
Lexington MA

On Mar 26, 1:15*am, bpnjensen wrote:
An Allied SX-190. *This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. *Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. *The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. *It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. *Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. *Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

Good deal Bruce, it's a kick when you pickup a new piece. I think
everyone should get a new receiver at least every five to seven
years.:-)

On Mar 27, 2:59*am, Gregg wrote:
On Mar 26, 1:15*am, bpnjensen wrote:





An Allied SX-190. *This radio, while not quite the best thing out
there, was pretty darn good for 1970's vintage, and had some nice
features - HAS some nice features - that helped the DX.

Just got me one in really nice shape. *Clean as a whistle, sensitive,
and everything works. *The guy who sold it to me did some of the mods
on it to sweeten the thing up, and it sounds great. *It doesn't have
all the modern bells and whistles, but it has decent selectivity with
its mechanical filters, tunes easily and accurately to within 0.5 kHz
(try that with almost any other consumer-grade analogue RX) and it
sounds clean and clear with its matching speaker.

Overloads a little bit on 31 meters, and maybe on 41 and 49. *Easily
resolved by putting the AF Gain all the way up and using the RF gain
for volume control.

Just listened to VOA Botswana relay on 9885, BBC from Cyprus on 12035
sandwiched between VoRs powerhouses 5 kHz up and down, and a bunch of
other good stuff. *Hams sound like they're in the room with me. This
thing is FUN, and is a real pip :-)

Bruce Jensen

Good deal Bruce, it's a kick when you pickup a new piece. I think
everyone should get a new receiver at least every five to seven
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A real afficionado gets a different radio more often than
that !