[Collins] Best receiver?

[Jim Miller]

Funny, I was going to recommend the 51S1, which I have here, if you can get 
a good one (mine may be for sale soon).  It is stable, sensitive enough, 
dead nuts accurate, and has a real product detector for SSB/CW.  The AM 
filtering may not be as pure as some like, but I htink it's good enough for 
average SWL-ing.  Some folks have talked about using a 75S3 ham receiver 
with extra crystal packs for SWL coverage.  I had an R-388 once and dumped 
it shortly after getting it (poor SSB).  The R-390 is excellent for AM/CW 
reception (I have two of them) , but does require some heavy lift and other 
skills to get it operational.  That's my 2 cents worth.   N4BE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fern Rivard" <crc at cyberlink.bc.ca>
To: "Linden, Jerome" <jlinden at sjm.com>; <Collins at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Collins] Best receiver?


>I would recommend getting either the 51J3 or better yet the 51J4 (as it has 
>a selection of 3 mechanical filters). Whatever you do, DON'T  get the 51S1 
>receiver.  73 from Fern
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linden, Jerome" <jlinden at sjm.com>
> To: <Collins at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:53 PM
> Subject: [Collins] Best receiver?
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> I do not want to create a circus but since I don't have any experience
> with anything other than an S line or a M-2, I'll ask a simple question.
> If I wanted to get a general coverage receiver for "SWL'ing" only, what
> would you recommend in the entire Collins series?
>
> Tnx,
> JR Linden  K7PUR
> Cave Creek, AZ
> (xWA9PUR) since 1966
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