I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver.

Best portable Sony 7600gr

Best Tabletop Icome R75

Michael

weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.




Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....

"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as
their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My
best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have
portable
radios.




Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....

You must have a helluva shack, Peter. Can you post
or e-mail a pic sometime? I'm curious how yours looks
like compared to, say, Maghakian's.

--Mike L.

Michael Lawson wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as
their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My
best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have
portable
radios.



Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....

You must have a helluva shack, Peter. Can you post
or e-mail a pic sometime? I'm curious how yours looks
like compared to, say, Maghakian's.

--Mike L.


It's not that impressive. Lots of radios. Crap stacked floor to
ceiling. I lost the dog in here.

If I ever make sense of it, I'll take a few shots.

But I'll tell you now, that Maghakian's is far more impressive.

D Peter Maus wrote:

I lost the dog in here.

I did that once. After a few months of open windows I can't even tell it
ever happened. I believe little Spike's now mummified remains may be
behind or under the DX-160 and the Lifelong World Band Radio.

Once I receive Radio-Mart's 'cleansing' instructions I'll get to work on
the extrication.





mike

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:27:11 GMT, m II wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

I lost the dog in here.

I did that once. After a few months of open windows I can't even tell it
ever happened. I believe little Spike's now mummified remains may be
behind or under the DX-160 and the Lifelong World Band Radio.

Once I receive Radio-Mart's 'cleansing' instructions I'll get to work on
the extrication.





mike
Might I suggest that you also send him the desiccated dog as an
appropriate thank you for his isntructions.

I know a guy in New England.He is my age,Hitler sent him and his family
to Germany in World War Two.(he was born in Croatia,German by Ancestry)
He is a tough guy too.Recently,his faithfull companion Cat of fifteen
years passed away.He blubbered up and cried like a baby.
cuhulin

D Peter Maus wrote:
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.




Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....

Always glad to help: how much do you want for the Sat 650? :-)

RK

P.S. Happy listening

rkhalona wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:
weatherall wrote:
I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.



Best Desktop: AOR 7030+

Also using: Ten-Tec RX-350
Drake SW-2
Yeasu FRG-7
Lowe HF-150
Hammarlund BC-794 (Super Pro)
National NC-88
Hallicrafters S53-A
and others

Best Portable: Panasonic RF-B65

Also using: Grundig Sat 500
Grundig Sat 650 Professional
Grundig Sat 700
Hallicrafters TW-1000
Zenith T/0 3000-1
Zenith T/O 7000-2
and others. Many others.
More than I have room to walkaround.
Please. Help me before I listen again....

Always glad to help: how much do you want for the Sat 650? :-)

RK



That one, my friend, is not for sale.

But thanks for the helping hand.


p




P.S. Happy listening

weatherall wrote:


I'm curious about what everyone in this newsgroup considers as their
best shortwave receiver. Mainly I'd like to know if there is a
tendency for using portables vs. so-called desktop receivers. My best
radio is a Sony ICF SW7600GR, and at this time, I only have portable
radios.


Best: Ten-Tec RX-340

Others: ICOM IC-R8500
WinRadio G303i (early adopter)
Collins R-392


Now, which I *prefer* to use depends on exactly what I'm doing. The
'8500s are within easy reach of my computer, so if I hear about an
event going on, they're a quick setup. With the exception of poor
dynamic range and poor rejection, the '303i is a fun radio with
surprisingly good performance and audio.

If it's hard to pick up or being interfered with, the TT is the way to
go.

The '392 is an amazing machine but gets exercised least.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940