[R-390] Re: OT: Other Radios You Like

[Michael Crestohl]

   On  Mon,  25  Feb  2008 18:09:36  "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
   wrote:

     My  first  SW  rig  was an Allied Radio Shack P-Box Shortwave Radio
     kit.  One
     transistor regen.  I remember listening to Radio Moscow and HCJB as
     a kid in
     1970....it  was  pure magic!  Also remember listening to Hams on AM
     using my
     families  Telefunken  console...they still have it and I guess I'll
     inherit it
     at some point.

   I agree with Les Locklear's assessment: " in a seemingly fruitless
   search for the "Holy Grail" of receivers, I realized many years ago it
   does not exist.
   What  it boils down is what pleases you and meets your needs the best.
   In
   my  case  this  has  been my findings:  {Re: OT: Other Radios You Like
   (I'll
   probably get my butt tossed off this list for this, but here goes:
   My favorite tube-based receiver is my Collins 51S-1
   My favorite solid state receiver is my ICOM PCR-1000 Software Defined
   radio receiver.
   73,
   Michael, W1RC