[Hammarlund] Ultimate receiver??

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 4 Jul 2013 at 22:01, Meir WF2U wrote:

> My ultimate receiver with timeline towards the end of the tube era is
> the Rohde & Schwarz EK07, and the Siemens E311; early to mid-1950's is
> the Soviet R-250M,

Don't have any of those (yet) so can't comment.

> and the US R-390A;

Yes. Too hard on the wrist to be a good band-cruiser though.

> ultimate 30's design CW receiver
> is the US Navy RAL series receivers, which gives excellent performance
> even today.

Yeeehaw! Yes! In spades. IMHO, the finest HF TRF receiver ever made.

> Some of my other favorites in the ranks are the RCA AR-88
> and CR-91,

Always wanted one or the other.

> the WW2 US Navy RBB/RBC pair;

Indeed!!!!! Finest audio limiter every fielded, among other features.

> late WW2 Canadian Marconi
> CSR-5 (Canadian Navy). There are other commercial and military
> receivers in my "stable" I also like to use, but I won't list them in
> this context.

Same here.

I've always loved the SX-28 though...

And the BC-779...

And, of course, the HRO-50-1

Oh well...

Ken W7EKB