My first SW radio, an unkwon Zentih.
Then My Heathkit GR64., with a Q-multiplier no less.
The excitment of discovering SSB and CW.
Then the Friday my first R2000 arrived.
My wife and I took off work, took her VW transporter
(a bigger version of the MicroBus) to the Red River
Gorge for a mini-DXepiditon.
I was hooked on the R2000. Smooth tuning, great sound.
Well thought out controls for the user. It is still my favorite
SW radio. So much so that I bought another when the
opertunity arrose.
For the mini-DX events we now use a set of DX398s,
good, small radios, but not a R2000. My wife insisted
on a SW of her own when I bought the first DX398
on closeout at radio shack.
Terry