A lowly Realistic DX-120, a Xmas gift from the folks, will always have a warm
spot in this hipster's memory. Even designed a regen mod, which boosted signal
reception. After garnering a QSL from ORF Vienna, Austria, one of those
grizzled tech sarge's said that pup didn't have enuff guts to snag a signal
that weak. He swore(literally) that I'd used another sarge's Hammarlund. That
120 didn't survive time's ravages as well as its' replacement DX-160(still
goin' strong, but replaced by a Yaesu FRG-7). But that 120 was as seminal in
cultivatin' an interest in shortwave as a tubed Fisher professional amp was in
germinatin' a hi-fi addiction! B.T.W. pismoclam, had some of that legendary
Pismo Beach clam chowder in breaded bowl a few years' back enroute to Santa
Barbara. ' Twas da B-O-M-B Bubba!!!

The year was 1973 - the receiver: DX150B
Eventually I added a homebrew preselector... some IF Transfilters...
a frame-loop antenna..
The absolute pinnacle: Picking up Germany and USSR on 872 Khz on
subsequent evenings in the fall of 1976..
from the West Coast of Canada..
As I look over my shoulder, I see the DX150B, its dial lights still
glowing, its sound as sweet....

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www.coffeecrew.com Colin Newell's Daily Grind
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