[Boatanchors] First radio

[Rob Atkinson]

I take "general listening" to mean general coverage.  You are probably
best off with gen. cov. somewhat easy to work on and push pull audio.
I'd recommend a NC-183 to start off with.   you don't say how much
money you want to spend.

Rob
K5UJ

> On Aug 10, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Preston Clark wrote:
>
>> i am currently looking at getting my first boatanchor radio i am
>> tossed between the collins 390 or the hammarlund  SP-600 i plan on
>> using it it for general listening  and i need to know the antenna
>> specifications for these and if one better than the other  i currently
>> live in a house that i can use a outside antenna  but need the
>> flexibility of maybe using a loop antenna if anyone has done that
>> also any ideas of adding a transmitter of the same period  thanks
>>
>> Preston kf5evv