[AMRadio] AM sensibility "value"

[bcarling at cfl.rr.com]

Sigh - here we go again... (grin)

They can't have been THAT bad. You never heard guys 
complaining much, and they sold many of them.

But hey maybe you are right - the one review at eHam is not very 
favorable:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/739

They must have improved things greatly with the FTDX560 - 
everyone seems to LOVE that one:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/724

Also a 570 owner likes his a lot:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/775

I think you are an aficianado for the really OLDER rigs with a 
proper chassis Don, and would guess you would dislike 
the Heath HW and SB series rigs for the same reason you dislike 
the Yaesus. PCB instead of a chassis and a lot of potential for 
problems as a result...

I just like the notion of a ricebox rig that can run some decent 
power and has a built-in AC supply.
I have never owned the 400 or 500 series rigs, but I had an 
FT101E which was a phenomenally good piece of radio gear!

On 4 Oct 2005 at 23:51, Donald Chester wrote:
 
> I wouldn't call the FTDX400 (or any of the FTDX rigs) a "good" AM rig.  I
> wouldn't even call it a good SSB rig.  Those things were pieces of junk
> even 
> when they were new.