RadioBanter - I WANT A BOATANCHOR

If you really want one and want to check it out before
you buy, go to Dayton. There's enough there to
choose from, and it's only limited by your wallet
and your back. (Lugging a Hallicrafters SX-100
from the flea market to the bus to the car was an
adventure, and I bow before anyone who can do
that with a SP-600 or HQ-180.)

--Mike L.

"RJ" wrote in message
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I want a boatanchor.
I want a serious looking/feeling radio !
I want switches that click
I want a hand-sized tuning knob.
I want lamps that glow in a darkened room.
I want to squint at the frequency markings.

It's hard to be a serious listener
when the receiver isn't much bigger than a pocket novel.
There's no "heft"
What kind of audio do you get from a 2" speaker ?
No place to connect an extrnal antenna or ground.
If your bench is cluttered,
you may lose sight of the damn thing completey.
I don't want to play accordion with a dozen tiny ( function )
buttons.

I laud the advances in receiver technology.
I just wish they'd put the circuitry in a cabinet
that has some heft, and some decent ( hand-sized ) controls.

Maybe some enterprising company will come up with a "dock"
for the future postage-stamp sized receivers.

Until then, I find myself drooling over
the old HAMMARLUND pics on eBay.

rj