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Anyone else like analog tuning
I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous
sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:48:19 -0600, Pierre L wrote
(in message ): I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre I /love/ digital tuning. All the sw radio's I had in the fifties and sixties were, of course, analog and I can remember having QSLs refused because I was a little off on the stations' transmit frequency. Perhaps my favorite feature of digital control is that it makes possible memories which I use a whole lot. But at least three out of my four sw radios /have/ analog tuning so - if I feel like it - I can "scan the bands". Gray Shockley ----------------------- DX-392 DX-398 RX-320 DX-399 CCradio w/RS Loop Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz) Select-A-Tenna ----------------------- Vicksburg, MS US |
"Pierre L" wrote in message .. . I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre I prefer analog tuning if the tuning mechanism has a minimal amount of drive friction and backlash. Flywheel tuning is a nice bonus. Some of the analog tuning radios are pretty stiff and/or sloppy, though. I like to give the knob a quick spin, watch the indicator and hear which bands are hot. It's not the same with a digital set, especially the ones the chuff with tuning. I'm sure digital would suit me better if I were DXing or QSLing. Mostly now, I just park it on a good clear signal and listen to the programming. Frank Dresser |
In article , pierrot51
@hotmail.com once wrote ....... I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. I'm not really fussed either way, Digital is obviously better for utility and data.... However I do like analogue meters - none of these marker/counter digital types - and to think i part-ex an R-2000 for an R-75 - I should have kept the 2000 and still bought the 75! -- Mark (MW1MDH) |
I have three sets,
two digital & one analogue with a Digital readout. The analogue is fine for " scanning the bands" to see who'se broadcasting right now.. - But I Love the combination Tuning Knob / Digital readout on my R-75; and all the memories.. ! ! ! For a portable, the Sangean 606A with 50+ memories & a Digital readout is about perfect.. I don't know how you'd incorporate an accuate tuning knob into such a small , inexpensive set Dan In article , "Pierre L" writes: Subject: Anyone else like analog tuning From: "Pierre L" Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:48:19 -0500 I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
Pierre,
If by "Analog Tuning" you mean a Main Tuning Knob that you can turn and click off the the Hz one by one: Then the Answer is Y E S ! Being "Limited" by Up and Down Tuning Buttoms that only spet-up or step-down a fixed number of kHz leaves me feeling that I have missed something that may have been 'in-between-everything'. Memories and Pre-Sets are nice to recall those "Finds" that have been Found. - But it the "Joy-of-Finding" the FIND that for Me is the Fun and Mystery of Shortwave Listening. - - That monent in time when you say - What's That ? - - - As Your Mind Comes Alive ! Memories in the corner of My Mind : - A Magical Watercolor of Sounds. - - A Staccato of Static and Noise. - - - The Silence in the In-Between. The Mind "Wraps" It All into One ! .. . . memories, Memories. MEMORIES ! ~ RHF .. .. = = = "Pierre L" = = = wrote in message ... I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
RHF wrote: Pierre, If by "Analog Tuning" you mean a Main Tuning Knob that you can turn and click off the the Hz one by one: Then the Answer is Y E S ! Being "Limited" by Up and Down Tuning Buttoms that only spet-up or step-down a fixed number of kHz leaves me feeling that I have missed something that may have been 'in-between-everything'. Memories and Pre-Sets are nice to recall those "Finds" that have been Found. - But it the "Joy-of-Finding" the FIND that for Me is the Fun and Mystery of Shortwave Listening. - - That monent in time when you say - What's That ? - - - As Your Mind Comes Alive ! Memories in the corner of My Mind : - A Magical Watercolor of Sounds. - - A Staccato of Static and Noise. - - - The Silence in the In-Between. The Mind "Wraps" It All into One ! . . . memories, Memories. MEMORIES ! What blend are you smoking these days? :-) ~ RHF . . = = = "Pierre L" = = = wrote in message ... I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
I'd like to be able to listen for transatlantic MW stations on my car radio
while driving, but that's hard to do since digitally tuned car radios only give you the 10khz spacing. That might be an example where analog had some benefits. "Pierre L" wrote in message .. . I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
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You hit the nail on the head with your assessment!
"Frank White" wrote: Digital is good for when you know where you want to go. Analog is for finding out what's out there. FW |
In article , pierrot51
@hotmail.com says... "snip" Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre Mine was in the fifties. A. I prefer analog when I'm prowling the bands looking for something interesting. I still love my NC-125 for this with its low friction antibacklash flywheel knob'd bandspread. The Sony ICF 2010 is useless; chuffing. The Sat 800 is pretty darn good. B. I prefer digital when I'm looking for something specific and know a frequency to keystroke and execute. I really like the Sat 800 for this, using my fat stubby digits for digital entry. The ICF 2010 is pretty good, fast! I use a pencil eraser to get at those tiny buttons. The NC-125 is near useless for this as I no longer have a calibration marker generator, though my handmade calibration charts for the principle bands will get me there eventually. |
Yes, that's exactly the way I feel about it.
Pierre "Frank White" wrote in message ... Ah yes. For mystery, excitement, and the thrill of discovery, digital has nothing on slowly turning that knob and as the indicator creeps across the spectrum, listening for the voices, music, or lack of static that tells you yes, there IS something there. Digital is good for when you know where you want to go. Analog is for finding out what's out there. FW |
"Pierre L" wrote in
: The Neurosis of the digital age. Admittedly people have their preferences, and though I am fond of digital displays, I too find it much more enjoyable to use analog tuning when searching the dial for frequencies. Regards I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre -- Never say never. Nothing is absolute. |
Try an SX-190. Analog all the way, and rock stable because the first
oscillator is crystal controlled. Nice, big, solid metal knob for tuning. The dial on mine is accurate to within a kHz or so from one end of any 500 kHz band to the other. There is a built in calibrator that gives you 100 KHz and 25 kHz markers. I also have a synthesized Sony radio. It has no tuning knob, only a keypad, so tuning is either by direct freq entry or holding a button down until the radio starts scanning. If you step up or down it goes in 5 kHz hops. There is a pot you can use to fine tune +/- 3 kHz or so it seems. There is a switch that allows 9 kHz channel hopping on the MW band, but it is located behind the batteries inside the radio. I used to have an R1051b. A brute of a receiver. Worked great, but tuning was a major pain. I was using dumbells to build up my forearms so I could tune the thing. I don't think there is a more stable radio than that one. The ISB mode -both sidebands through two separate detectors and audio paths allows for very accurate exhalted carrier AM listening. Tuning in that mode is very interesting- as you move the frequency the audio appears garbled in one ear then moves to both ears and becomes ungarbled, then moves out the other ear becoming garbled again. Great for stereo headphone listening! MR |
"Robert Herschbach" wrote in message ...
I'd like to be able to listen for transatlantic MW stations on my car radio while driving, but that's hard to do since digitally tuned car radios only give you the 10khz spacing. That might be an example where analog had some benefits. Just depends on the radio. Not all digital tuning radios are the same. I much prefer digital overall, but mine gives you the best of both worlds. You can tune in many different rates, and there is no chuffing or any artifacts , no matter what rate you use. Also, if you go slow enough, the sound and feel is just like analog. My IC-706mk2g has ten different tuning rates. Single cycle, 10 cycle, 100 cycle, 1kc, 5 kc, 9 kc,10 kc, 12.5 kc, 20 kc, 25 kc, 100 kc. On HF and MW I use 1 kc the most. Only with the higher quality SW radios were the analog readouts very accurate. IE: old collins, drakes, etc..Another thing I like about the digital, or mine at least, is when I dial the readout, I end up perfectly on freq. IE: say I tune to 14.200 using the 1 kc rate. I'm exactly on freq. 14.200.000. No farting around. So if I'm on 75m, and tune 3850-51-52-53, etc, each one is right on the money ???.000... :) This is more important to SSB than AM of course...MK |
Maybe someone should come out with a radio that has both an analog dial and a
digital readout. Ad to that knob tuning with a variable tuning rate, the speed determined upon how much pressure is put upon the knob. Of course, that would require servo motor drive. But I'm thinking of touch-sensitive keys on a synthesizer. Maybe improving the up-down buttons on the radio. I hate the time-held and the manual speed switching methods. Bill, K5BY |
"WShoots1" wrote in message ... Maybe someone should come out with a radio that has both an analog dial and a digital readout. I think the Grundig S350 is exactly that. I haven't used one, but that is what I understand the features are. -- Stinger |
i had an old firestone console all my childhood and early adulthood. it
had flywheel tuning that must of weighed a pound, split-gear backlash control and 6v6 output tubes into a 12 inch speaker. even my cheap sangean portables that i have now are far superior in every way but one. there is little satisfaction with any of them. i am not "one with my radio" like i once was. my old radio was an extension of my senses.... like a telescope that allows me to see all the way around the world. the new ones are like watching it all on web cam. maybe my brain interfaces better to the radio with analog. to use digital requires a conscious thought with every keystroke. spinning that knob is a more instinctive action. |
Jim wrote:
i had an old firestone console all my childhood and early adulthood. it had flywheel tuning that must of weighed a pound, split-gear backlash control and 6v6 output tubes into a 12 inch speaker. even my cheap sangean portables that i have now are far superior in every way but one. there is little satisfaction with any of them. i am not "one with my radio" like i once was. my old radio was an extension of my senses.... like a telescope that allows me to see all the way around the world. the new ones are like watching it all on web cam. maybe my brain interfaces better to the radio with analog. to use digital requires a conscious thought with every keystroke. spinning that knob is a more instinctive action. Have you ever used a digital receiver with a tuning knob? The better ones all have a knob in addition to the keypad. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
"starman" wrote in message ... Have you ever used a digital receiver with a tuning knob? The better ones all have a knob in addition to the keypad. I think there's more to it than the type of knob. I think it may be seeing the actual tuning scales. Our minds probably function more as a super analog computer, and analog things are easier to see and judge. Same as with digital watches vs those with hands, I guess. We can see numbers on a digital display, but we can't see the pattern they fit in. Pierre |
starman wrote in :
Have you ever used a digital receiver with a tuning knob? The better ones all have a knob in addition to the keypad. Yep, and I have yet to find one that isn't a PITA. |
Stinger,
What I like about the Grundig S350 is that I can "Tune" and 'operate' the radio with my Big old Fingers and Tired old Eyes (without glasses). GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig-S-350/ The GS350 'sounds good' and is very portable with a very long battery life just like the GE Superadios and the CCRadios. ~ RHF .. .. = = = "Stinger" = = = wrote in message ... If it's anywhere near as much fun to use as my little $40 Grundig FR-200, it's a great little radio. -- Stinger Stinger, That's about it the Grundig S350 radio fits the niche between the GE Superadio III and the CCRadioPlus+. It has Two (2) Speed Annalog Tuning Knob and a Digital Frequency Display. Plus more AM/MW DXing features then either the the GE Superadio III or the CCRadioPlus+ ~ RHF http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig-S-350/ . . |
The best of both worlds for me was analog tuning (happened to be an
HQ-180) with an external frequency counter for digital readout. That enabled rapid scanning of the SW spectrum without having to search in 1 MHz segments, or have the tuning speed go so fast that everything would go "pip...pip...pip...etc". And I could go back and find anything! Only thing it lacked were memories. Frequency stability wasn't what today's solid-state digital radios are, but it was quite acceptable. No digital radio I'm aware of could match that for browsing thru the bands and "stoping on a dime" with a precise frequency reading when hearing something of interest. /Carl - W5SU Pierre L wrote: I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre |
I notice it's not very expensive, either. You guys told me I'd be
collecting radios ;^) -- Stinger "RHF" wrote in message om... Stinger, What I like about the Grundig S350 is that I can "Tune" and 'operate' the radio with my Big old Fingers and Tired old Eyes (without glasses). GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig-S-350/ The GS350 'sounds good' and is very portable with a very long battery life just like the GE Superadios and the CCRadios. ~ RHF . . = = = "Stinger" = = = wrote in message ... If it's anywhere near as much fun to use as my little $40 Grundig FR-200, it's a great little radio. -- Stinger Stinger, That's about it the Grundig S350 radio fits the niche between the GE Superadio III and the CCRadioPlus+. It has Two (2) Speed Annalog Tuning Knob and a Digital Frequency Display. Plus more AM/MW DXing features then either the the GE Superadio III or the CCRadioPlus+ ~ RHF http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig-S-350/ . . |
Stinger: I think the Grundig S350 is exactly that. I haven't used one, but
that is what I understand the features are. No, the 350 is about like the jWIN, tuning-wise. What I'd like is an analog dial with analog tuning, but with a digital readout to provide the actual frequency (as opposed to using crystal markers and analog dial correction). It would require an analog receiver, with a frequency counter that would read the freq diff between the LO and the IF output. Or something like that. Bill, K5BY |
K9SW: Many years ago, sonny, many radios had analog tuning and a digital
readout. State of the art back then! Please refresh my memory, Dave OM. Since 1945, I've worked on many things, military and civilian, made all over the world, and I don't recall any. I'm not referring to features like that of the Collins R390, which is just a mechanical version of the Grundigs. I'm looking for a real analog dial and real analog tuning, but with a digital readout a la the Grundigs. Tnx es 73, Bill, K5BY |
Jim: i had an old firestone console all my childhood and early adulthood. it
had flywheel tuning that must of weighed a pound, split-gear backlash control and 6v6 output tubes into a 12 inch speaker. even my cheap sangean portables that i have now are far superior in every way but one. there is little satisfaction with any of them. i am not "one with my radio" like i once was. my old radio was an extension of my senses.... There ya go... It's not that I'm old and jaded that I look upon modern radios as appliances. It's because of like you so well stated. Back in my early ham days, peaking and dipping transmitters, for instance, was part of the fun. That's why I liked the marine work I did before retirement. One still had to dip and peak the shipboard transmitters. I enjoyed working on old foreign made tube type receivers, too. When they worked right and the band was open, there was none of that confounded noise floor inherent in solid state receivers. If a station was transmitting anywhere in the world, it probably could be heard. (Sigh...) Bill, K5BY |
WShoots1 wrote:
Stinger: I think the Grundig S350 is exactly that. I haven't used one, but that is what I understand the features are. No, the 350 is about like the jWIN, tuning-wise. What I'd like is an analog dial with analog tuning, but with a digital readout to provide the actual frequency (as opposed to using crystal markers and analog dial correction). It would require an analog receiver, with a frequency counter that would read the freq diff between the LO and the IF output. Or something like that. Bill, K5BY Here's a place that sells a kit for a compact LCD frequency display that does exactly what you'd want. They can be programed for a variety of IF frequencies. He's recently added two new options- a txco reference oscillator and a fluorescent display. http://www.aade.com/dfd.htm He seemed like a nice guy when I bought a kit from him. |
WShoots1 wrote: Jim: i had an old firestone console all my childhood and early adulthood. it had flywheel tuning that must of weighed a pound, split-gear backlash control and 6v6 output tubes into a 12 inch speaker. even my cheap sangean portables that i have now are far superior in every way but one. there is little satisfaction with any of them. i am not "one with my radio" like i once was. my old radio was an extension of my senses.... I don't neccesarily long to go back to that time, but I do remember it - my first DX machine was a 1937 Zenith console. One huge round glass window as the dial face, with a "magic eye" tuner, and two 6L6GC's as the output (one of which was removed because the caps were so bad that it hummed unbearably with both of them in). The actual dial knob was about the size of a fifty-cent piece, but the cap of a Right Guard aerosol can (remember that stuff?) fit over it perfectly, and gave extra leverage to the flywheel. Oh, to give that a good, snapping twist and watch that dial pointer swing so smooooothly half-way across the dial . .. . But I used *it* then, and I'm using a *modern* rig now, and the modern rigs are better in almost every way but one - the romance of it. But nostalgia ain't what it used to be, either. One week with the old Zentih now, and I'd probably be begging for my R75 back. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
Pierre L wrote: I have two very good digital tuning shortwave radios, one with synchronous sideband, but I find myself choosing to play with and listen to the little analog tuning portable I have most of the time. I like to be able to scan the bands by hand with the dial and to see where I am. When I let the digital do this automatically, it just doesn't seem the same. I just don't derive the same pleasure from the digital tuning, and I have no plans to ever be a part of digital radio. Anyone else feel like that? Maybe it's because my first shortwave was in the 1960's. Pierre I have a Grundig YB-400, a Sony 7600, an ICOM r71A, and an old aalog Panasonic RF-2200. The 2200 eats the others for lunch (except the ICOM, of course), and is the most enjoyable SW set for band scanning. P |
The 350 lacks SSB, though.
Stinger wrote: "WShoots1" wrote in message ... Maybe someone should come out with a radio that has both an analog dial and a digital readout. I think the Grundig S350 is exactly that. I haven't used one, but that is what I understand the features are. -- Stinger |
Stinger,
For most Radio-A-holics each prize posession (radio) involves a Love / Hate Replationship. As a Grundig S350 Radio Owner; I would say: "The GS350 is the Best Radio You Will Love To Hate for Under $100 !" * Love It for All the Things It Does ! * * Hate It for All the Things It Is Just Not Quite ! ~ RHF .. .. = = = "Stinger" = = = wrote in message ... I notice it's not very expensive, either. You guys told me I'd be collecting radios ;^) -- Stinger "RHF" wrote in message om... Stinger, What I like about the Grundig S350 is that I can "Tune" and 'operate' the radio with my Big old Fingers and Tired old Eyes (without glasses). GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig-S-350/ The GS350 'sounds good' and is very portable with a very long battery life just like the GE Superadios and the CCRadios. ~ RHF . . = = = "Stinger" = = = wrote in message ... If it's anywhere near as much fun to use as my little $40 Grundig FR-200, it's a great little radio. -- Stinger Stinger, That's about it the Grundig S350 radio fits the niche between the GE Superadio III and the CCRadioPlus+. It has Two (2) Speed Annalog Tuning Knob and a Digital Frequency Display. Plus more AM/MW DXing features then either the the GE Superadio III or the CCRadioPlus+ ~ RHF http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Grundig-S-350/ . . |
"J"
That is very true but the Grundig S350 (Tecsun BCL-2000) is designed and met to be a Broad Cast Listeners (BCL) Radio and nothing more. Simply think of the Grundig S350 as something 'in-between' the CCRadioPlus+ ($160) and the GE Superadio III ($60) : + Shortwave Bands Coverage. + A little 'old time' Panasonic RF-2200/2900/2600 styling from the 1970s. + All for about $100. jagrcl ~ RHF - - - Just another Grundig Radio Cheer Leader ! .. .. = = = J = = = wrote in message ... The 350 lacks SSB, though. Also there is "NO" BFO for SSB & CW either ;-( - - - BuT Hey! It's a "ONLY" a Broad Cast Listeners (BCL) Radio :o) Stinger wrote: "WShoots1" wrote in message ... Maybe someone should come out with a radio that has both an analog dial and a digital readout. I think the Grundig S350 is exactly that. I haven't used one, but that is what I understand the features are. -- Stinger |
Thanks, Mark. It could be interesting to try adding that LCD display to the
little Bell & Howell. That may nor be possible, though. It has a big do all chip in it that may prevent accessing the desired point in the circuit. But I can think of a lot of old tube types, military and civilian, that such a dislay would be great to have and possible to connect to. I have a good Optoelectronics frequency counter, which I'll probably need to use in the investigation. Bill, K5BY |
In article , WShoots1 says...
K9SW: Many years ago, sonny, many radios had analog tuning and a digital readout. State of the art back then! Please refresh my memory, Dave OM. Since 1945, I've worked on many things, military and civilian, made all over the world, and I don't recall any. I'm not referring to features like that of the Collins R390, which is just a mechanical version of the Grundigs. I'm looking for a real analog dial and real analog tuning, but with a digital readout a la the Grundigs. Tnx es 73, Bill, K5BY I got something like that. A Panasonic RF-B300....but no analog dial. http://www.dxing.com/rx/rfb300.htm It's no 2010 but I got it at a garage sale for $1 (mint condition). elfa |
I got something like that. A Panasonic RF-B300....but no analog dial.
Nice knob! And a real meter, too. Maybe I should start going to garage sales, but not in my redneck town. G 99% of the time, I use my DX392 on a regulated power supply. I may see if I can make that dial light turn on full time. Then I can see the signal strength LCD bar. Bill, K5BY |
I have been watching the radios coming out of China and hoping that
they would come up with a pure analog rxr with a digital read out. They did with the Grundig 350. I like this radio but it is not in the same league as my beloved Panasonic RF 2900. That radio and the others in the series (4800, 4900) had full analog dials with a small digital frequency read out. The 2900 was an oversized portable with super audio quality , great for MW DX, good for SWL put poor for SSB. Still, of all the radios I have had, the 2900 remains my favorite. Perhaps as the Chinese continue their incredibly rapid advancement we will see an analog table top with stunningly good audio, little or no background noise, flywheel tuning, BFO, amazing noise blanker, analog "S" meter, bass and treble controls, RF gain and a dial with a cool amber backlight. All for only $200. Bob |
WShoots1 wrote:
Please refresh my memory, Dave OM. Since 1945, I've worked on many things, military and civilian, made all over the world, and I don't recall any. I'm not referring to features like that of the Collins R390, which is just a mechanical version of the Grundigs. I'm looking for a real analog dial and real analog tuning, but with a digital readout a la the Grundigs. Panasonic RF- 2600, 2800, 2900, 4800, 4900 Sony ICF- 6500W, 6800W CRF-1, 320A, 330K -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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