For casual use my Kenwood TS-870S works fine for SW and BCB listening.

I think it is really more in the antenna than the receiver as far as
"pulling em in". Most modern rigs have lots of gain and sensitivity. The
noise floor is more importatnt in this regard. Dynamic range is an important
consideration as well.

But purists would opt for the SWL receivers with synchronous detection and
other features not found on Ham transceivers.

A Ham transceiver has the advantage of use when and if you have Ham license.

Also the TS-2000 (as an example) covers
TX: 10-160 m + WARC / 6 m / 2 m / 70 cm
RX: General coverage
23 cm/10 W option
Mode: AM/FM/SSB/CW


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"Henry Kolesnik" wrote in message
m...
I'm curious as to what users have found when they use the general coverage
in their ham transciever for SWLing and VLF. Has anyone made any AB
comparisons to their SWL gen. cov. RX? Which ones seem to be best? I
know Kenwood and Icom make SWL receivers that look much like a transciever
and might even use the same circuitry, not sure about Yaesu though. The
Icom R-75 looks a lot like the Icom 718 but the Rx has the PS built in. I
can't recall the Kewood models. How about the Kenwood TS-2000 or Icom 756
Pro for gen cov?
tnx

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