[R-1051] advise

[Barry Hauser]

Dave wrote
>   Stick with an R-1051.  Early R-1051s were contemporary with the
> GRC-106 -  R-1051 variants have seen many improvements over the years,
> the GRC-106 has not...

Hmmmm.  That's a good point.  The R-834 (rx for the A version) was
equivalent to the 1051B over the plain.  Buththe alphabet stopped there, and
curiously, many of the manuals cover both.

>  The ISB capability in the -1051 is very nice for listening to
> ShortWave Broadcast -  LSB into the left speaker/headphone & USB into
> the right speaker/headphone.

Yup.  I think you can BFO tune LSB on the GRC-106x, but it's not the same.

>  Another thing...  The GRC-106 has an "AM" mode position, but doggone
> if I can hear any difference between the AM & USB mode switch
> positions.  Cannot find an "AM" signal path in the schematics, either.

Hah!  You too?  And I thought there was something wrong with me or mine.
Could it be a cheap gimmick of some kind?

Barry