There are quite a few inexpensive electronic gems out there, innate! Especially
in the used marts; although yer gratuitous grumpiness would probably doubt
their existence! That sweetly singin' Rotel RX-602, here in the computer room,
wuz a mere $14 fer 35 watts-per-channel of direct-coupled harmonic heaven &
killer f.m. section! Me beloved Marantz MR-235, with 35 w.p.c. of valvesque
lateral-mosfet direct-coupled mini-Marshall vibe, wuz all of $28!
Cap-n-resistor mods added another $20 to da tab! ... As previously stated,
johannjumpup, unless yer QTH suffers from temperature extremes, ya won't need
that TCXO-4 frequency stablizer. Get thyself that f.m. module instead, & pray
for good propogation on 29.5 mhz! Your Century Frog was based on the receiver
section of Yaesu's FT-890 transceiver, & seems bereft of the problems plaguing
aging FRG-7000s, FRG-7700s, & FRG-8800s! All the best from Sactown for good
dx!!!