[Heathkit] Dumb speaker question

[rbethman]

Wayne,

An SB-310 or an SB-102 "SHOULD" receive as well as an FT-101 or a TS-520.

An alignment would be beneficial, HOWEVER, you'll most likely also find 
resistors and some capacitors have gone significantly out of spec.

It will be a dual effort.  I'd suggest first checking component values, 
especially the resistors, before performing an alignment.

I moved from an SB-102 in 1981 directly to a Kenwood TS-900, (Antique!), 
and an FT-101E.  I could not tell the difference in receive.

Bob - N0DGN

On 2/28/2010 2:29 PM, Wayne Harrah wrote:
> Thank you all for the help.
> <SNIP>
>    

> Now for another subjective question, not quite so black-and-white:  how
> good overall do you rate the receive sensitivity performance of these
> radios?  I was not as impressed with the sensitivity of the 301 as I
> thought I might be.  Do you all think that a well-aligned and
> well-working Heathkit receiver of this vintage will work as well as
> another radio from the same era... say, a Kenwood TS-520 or FT-101?
>
> Thanks for the Elmerly-advice.  I'm just getting (re)started in tubes
> after a long hiatus (and not ever being that bright about them at that).
> But I love these things.
>
> Wayne, ke0ms