Yes Yes!

I found a picture of it lit up in the dark. Nice cool green meter display.
All I can say is try to find one of these somewhere. I bet it wouldn't be
easy. I think this radio will entertain me more then then the $81 I hope.
Thanks

Lucky


"John S." wrote in message
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Sure...I owned the later version, R300 with the SWL bandspread dial.
They are double conversion on all but the lowest sw and all of the mw
band. Double conversion doesn't help much with the images, which
abound.

Still, it is a fun radio to use and it looks like it should have tubes
inside. The crystal marker allows accurate (by pre-digital standard)
tuning. And it has two filters that actually work, although they are a
bit sloppy for ssb work. After a few hours behind the dial, it does
become a bit tedious and you realize just how far receivers have
improved. It's younger digital siblings, the R600, R1000 and R2000
would be much easier to use and would perform much better. They will
not "look" like a glow-in-the-dark radio however.

If you are in the market, don't pay much over $100.

The both the 666 and R300 show up on Ebay periodically. To make room
for new acquisitions the R300 had to move on to other users.

I owned one for about a year and enjoyed it for what it was. If you
have never owned a band spread receiver with a crystal marker for dial
alignment, then you are in for what I would call both a treat and a
challenge. It is fun to learn something different, even if it is not
new.

The bandswitch can be problematic on those radios. Mine required
periodic cleaning and precise positioning to function on the lowest
shortwave band. A Kenwood technician told me that switch was a
potential source of problems and that there were no replacements.
Have fun, and be sure to post your impressions after you've played with
it a while.

"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...
The both the 666 and R300 show up on Ebay periodically. To make room
for new acquisitions the R300 had to move on to other users.

I owned one for about a year and enjoyed it for what it was. If you
have never owned a band spread receiver with a crystal marker for dial
alignment, then you are in for what I would call both a treat and a
challenge. It is fun to learn something different, even if it is not
new.

The bandswitch can be problematic on those radios. Mine required
periodic cleaning and precise positioning to function on the lowest
shortwave band. A Kenwood technician told me that switch was a
potential source of problems and that there were no replacements.
Have fun, and be sure to post your impressions after you've played with
it a while.


Hi

Can you please explain how to work this crystal marker best and why it's so
special?

Thanks
Lucky

Glad to try. The marker is used to align the main and bandspread dials
and thereby give tuning accuracy around 5khz. The bandspread dial is
most useful with ssb stations and locking in the frequency an am
station is broadcasting on. For casual broadcast band scanning the
main tuning dial is sufficient.

The marker generates a tone when both dials are tuned to the same
place. To use it you set the bandspread to the beginning of the band
in question then tune around the same location with the main tuning
dial until you peak the tone. When you change bands, just repeat the
process.

For bands not shown on the bandspread dial you can use the dial as a
fine tuning control or use the 0 to 100 scale.

The owners manual has a very good explanation. Be sure and post your
impressions once you get the receiver.