Behold, Frank Dresser signalled from keyed 4-1000A filament:

Is your Akai analog or digital?

Analog. I'dda left it in the trash can if it was digital ;-)

It's only real DX drawback are rather wide IF transformers

Yeah, same here. FM section is fantabulous, but AM section is a "radio on
a chip" with two external cans, RF, IF and of course, the external
loopstick.

Pull the I,F. can and inserted the mech. filter and hey, hot dog!

--
Gregg
*It's probably useful, even if it can't be SPICE'd*
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