[Boatanchors] Boatanchor purchase suggestions

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 07:10 AM 12/8/2003, you wrote:


>Hallicrafters receivers, with the exception of the SX-73, are consumer 
>radios.  Corners were cut in the interest of price and it shows.

Well the SX-73 (I own one) is a good radio just like the other SX series 
sets I own only better in warm up drift. To me it's still a consumer radio. 
You want a shortwave DX reciever? Find an R390 or R390a. They are the best 
vacuum tube radio's (in my opinion) ever made.

>The impressive-looking SX-62 is a rich-man's toy radio. Making it AM-FM 
>compromised HF performance somewhat. Biggest bug-a-boo is the lack of 
>bandspread of any sort. There is a crystal calibrator, but when you use it 
>to align one band by moving the dial pointer with the front-panel control, 
>you mess up the others.

Yes I've got an SX-62A sitting by my bedside which gets used for late night 
shortwave listening & sometimes one of the local classical music stations.

>Regards,
>Al