On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:31:52 -0700, "Caveat Lector"
wrote:


An All American five is so so for reception.
We had a table model Sears Silvertone - circa 1961 -- it featured a tunable
RF amplifier and wow did it pull in the stations across country at night in
the winter.

So maybe look for a vacuum tube set with an RF amp

BTW many vacuum tube Auto radios had RF amps and they really worked well.

I strongly disagree. I spent many a pre-teen evening DXing like crazy
with one of those hideous little boxes. One time I logged WBZ Boston
(I was in Scottsdale) right after Sunset. I could get just about
every L.A. station.