[Elecraft] OT: General coverage

[Jim Lowman]

I like that Rob has included the specs of vintage receivers.  Among 
other things,
I was pleased to see how well my Drake R-4C with Sherwood mods stacks up
against the best receivers of today.

The fact that I no longer have access to the bench of test equipment 
that I did
years ago, other than a DVM that I bought, has kept me from acquiring 
any more
vintage gear.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 10/23/2011 7:35 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Interesting stuff, but I really don't want to know the specs on my WWII
> vintage HRO-5. Everything's relative. My HRO was a huge step up from my
> previous regen and S-38. And, over the years, it went through several
> evolutions with the addition of a beam-deflection mixer, second 2.5 kHz xtal
> filter in the I.F. and, by the time I donated it to a new Ham for his first
> rx about 1970, it was all solid state!
>
> The most disappointing thing about modern Ham gear with every cubic inch
> filled with I.C.s and digital controllers is that it's not nearly so easy to
> tinker with and adapt.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>