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