If you appreciate electronic construction and layout,
my vote goes to any of the Hammarlund radios.
They were built "to last forever"....
Dials and controls .....s m o o t h....
If you pull the case, they're beautiful.
No construction shortcuts.

If you've ever marveled at the construiction
of the older Tektronix Oscilloscopes,
you know what I'm talking about.


rj

RJ wrote:

If you appreciate electronic construction and layout,
my vote goes to any of the Hammarlund radios.
They were built "to last forever"....
Dials and controls .....s m o o t h....
If you pull the case, they're beautiful.
No construction shortcuts.

If you've ever marveled at the construiction
of the older Tektronix Oscilloscopes,
you know what I'm talking about.


rj

My Tektronics 7904 keeps the heaviest of doors open and the plugin
modules work well on the windows.


mike

g

Kidding aside, they're very nicely made pieces of equipment. I hope
mine lasts forever.

If you appreciate electronic construction and layout,
my vote goes to any of the Hammarlund radios.
They were built "to last forever"....
Dials and controls .....s m o o t h....
If you pull the case, they're beautiful.
No construction shortcuts.


They are no doubt my favorites. My first Hammarlund was the 129X with the
additional Q-Multiplier. Then the 140X and lastly the 180. They are built like
tanks and I can hear anything on the 129X and the 180 that anyone else can hear
on their rice burners. ;-)

tommyknocker wrote in message ...

Question: if you want to operate a receiver from your PC, why not look
at the receivers made specifically for PC operation? I would think that
they would have better shielding.

For the record: Passport recommends the Drake R8B, although in its 2005
edition the AOR is rated a close second. ... If you're in the
US, it may be hard to get your hands on an AOR, as Passport says they're
no longer sold in the US. You may be able to get a used one, or buy the
Drake if it's essential that you have a brand spanking new right out of
the box receiver. ...

Dear Mr. Tommyknocker,

The AOR AR7030 Plus works extremely well with computers. The shielding
included in the radio is effective. AOR offers a program called
DataMaster which I own but no longer use as Jan Arkesteijn's RxWings
program, a far superior one and available free of charge, is
essentially perfect. This receiver can be operated from the receiver
itself, by its remote control, by a computer, or any combination (at
the same time). The choice is the user's. This of course cannot be
done with a PC (only) receiver.

There are many excellent receivers for short wave listening. I feel
that the AOR AR7030 Plus is the best and most versatile available at
the present time. Read the PASSPORT review carefully. They actually
state that for program listening the AR7030 is slightly superior to
any other radio available; their reviewers do not like the operation
of the radio. Personally, I think they are mistaken. I've owned my
receiver since last March; I'm STILL waiting for the "glow of
ownership" to pass!

It is actually quite easy to buy an AR7030 from one of a number of
shops in the UK. (It's really no different than buying via mail order
from US dealers.) When I purchased mine it was still available from US
dealers, but the English dealers, being more familiar with the
receiver than their US counterparts, are much more responsive to the
purchaser. I bought mine from THE SHORTWAVE SHOP in the UK, in
conjunction with AOR UK.

The Drake R8B, an admirable receiver, cannot be fully operated with a
computer.

Best,

Joe

Radio Man wrote:

If money were no object what is the best general
coverage receiver that one could purchase?


Not again! Why do people keep asking the same questions?

Dave

Dave Holford wrote:

Radio Man wrote:

If money were no object what is the best general
coverage receiver that one could purchase?

Not again! Why do people keep asking the same questions?

Dave

When this thread was started, I thought to myself, OK, so folks will give all kinds of answers, and the guy will come back and say "Hey, I got a great deal on a Grundig YB205!

Sure enough, the person who started this thread posted this on 11/4:

I am interested in purchasing a receiver with
the following criteria:
1. Analog only readout
2. AM/FM/Shortwave Freqs.
3. About the size of a sony 7600gr or smaller
4. Power requirements: Four or less AA batteries.

Forget the receiver --- get the best antenna you can afford


--
The Anon Keyboard
I doubt, therefore I might be




Radio Man wrote:

If money were no object what is the best general
coverage receiver that one could purchase?

For those who gave me an honest answer "Thank You".
For those who did notFU!!!


"Radio Man" wrote in message
news:ewPmd.5860$h15.2506@trnddc07...
If money were no object what is the best general
coverage receiver that one could purchase?

Nice attitude! If you'd checked the archives you'd have found this gets
discussed about 80 times per year! There is NO best radio! One man
wants one with all the bells and whistles and another wants a bare bones
receiver that will fit in his match box. One wants one to sit on his
kitchen table or mount in a rack that will pick up a gnats sneeze in
China. Another wants a very portable radio that eats about 4 AA
batteries every six weeks and all he plans to do is listen to 100,000
watt power houses that are 600 miles away!

I repeat. There is NO BEST RADIO for everyone! I'm sure some of the
answers were not what you expected. None of them were mine, until now.
Some, I'm sure, were intended to be a bit sarcastic or funny for the
simple reason that this has been discussed about 10,000 times and there
has never, to my knowledge, been a final consensus. Some of the answers
given may have been the best - for the guy who only has ten bucks and
wants a shortwave radio. The best answer, in my opinion, was about the
first one you got. "If money is no object" get a military contractor to
design what you want! However, it may only be SECOND BEST. The BEST one
may be about the second answer you got. Buy one of each! If money is
no object them I'm sure space would not be either, as you could add a
few rooms, or stories, onto you house - or warehouse - and make room for
all the new toys.

Finally, you must be fairly new or you'd have known something of the
number of times this has been asked. As such, we don't want to come
down too hard on you. Just stick around. Lean back. Grab another
drink. And watch the fun. You'll find out that everyone was really
pretty easy on you. Sometimes, when people ask for it, this group can
get down right UGLY! Can't we Steve? ;-)

Get yourself ANY shortwave radio and then tell us what you think of it. :-)

Al (standard disclaimer - all opinions are mine, etc.)

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Radio Man wrote:
For those who gave me an honest answer "Thank You".
For those who did notFU!!!


"Radio Man" wrote in message
news:ewPmd.5860$h15.2506@trnddc07...

If money were no object what is the best general
coverage receiver that one could purchase?

Radio Man wrote:

For those who gave me an honest answer "Thank You".
For those who did notFU!!!

"Radio Man" wrote in message
news:ewPmd.5860$h15.2506@trnddc07...
If money were no object what is the best general
coverage receiver that one could purchase?



I thought they were all honest answers to one of the most commonly asked
questions by beginners.

The answer depends on what you want and most of the answers here were
for consumer grade products - is that what you wanted? or were you
seriously looking for "the best"? If so that is a different world and
you had better be prepared to give your definition of BEST because there
are a multitude of answers and the cheapest probably start somewhere
above $20,000 and stop somewhere with a lot more zeros.

Dave