[50mhz] best 50 Mhz reciever

[N4ue@aol.com]

I have rejoined the list, hi all. I recently sold my home here in KY and am 
in the process of building a new QTH in EM80.
I realize the following is subjective and biased, but......
Looking for what would be the ultimate receiver for 6 Meters. I expect the 
new QTH will be very quiet. Underground utilities. I will be using a KLM JHV 
at 90' or so. I will feed it with 7/8" hardline like I did at the last QTH.
Most experienced operators tell me that a transverter is the way to go, but 
my experience with several converters and hf gear was not that impressive.
I have a nice R-390a with CV-591a SSB adapter. I have not tried this yet 
(it's packed away in storage) but thought it's low noise/high gain might be 
the ticket.

I have the following gear for 6 M:

Icom 756 PRO
Drake TR-6 (with new front end FETs)
Icom 551D with inboard ARR JFET preamp

All of the above work OK, but very similar. I have even taken the 14 Hhz IF 
out of the TR-6 and input into the HF ant of the PRO. I can't say any radio 
is best, although the PRO's bandscope is most interesting.
I have several 50>10M receiving converters, and they don't impress me much.

What is in use by the 'big' guns out there?

thanks, Ron

N4UE