Did a lot of side by side comparisons with my Sony SW77 portable. With Sony
AN-1 and AN-LP1 antennas it turned out that the Palstar R30CC was inferior
in both SW and MW DX. This was the case with both antennas in a noisy city
environment. In a quiet country setting it was a more even match but the
Palstar never beat the Sony. OTOH, the SW77 pulled in numerous stations that
were not listenable with the Palstar. I'm especially surprised about the MW
results because the Palstar is supposed to be a hot rig for that and the
SW77 is not. I really liked the Palstar on its own, but now I realize that
the receiver has serious shortcomings. For starters it really needs a sync
detector to be competitive at its price. Simplicity is not always an asset.

Now I wonder if the Palstar would even be worthy of a Sherwood SE-3 or
should I just ebay it right away. I guess I could always keep the SE-3 for
my other radios even if the Palstar failed with it.

Any opinions would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Margaret


PS. The SW77 is a darn good radio and the Passport is clueless!