General Coverage Receiver Question (Tube).

[john]

And I've always thought of the Drake gear, as the "thinking mans Collins"...
:-)
John


At 10:10 PM 9/29/01 -0400, Dave Edwards wrote:
>I dunno about the "poor man's Collins"
>I had an S line with the 75S3B, and I prefer the SB301 because of it's
>AGC, CW filter, transceive ability, and full 500khz coverage per band!
>The dial mech is poor, but useable.
>....Dave
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Eddy Swynar <gswynar at DURHAM.NET>
>To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
>Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 8:07 PM
>Subject: Re: General Coverage Receiver Question (Tube).
>
>
>> Hi Noel...
>>
>> Of course, EVERYONE has his/her personal favourite receiver, for WHATEVER
>> reason(s)...
>>
>> But when it comes to Heath, my all-time favourite is the SB-301 ham band
>> receiver (and, by default, I guess, its SWL cousin). Where else can you
>get
>> such superb stability, excellent sensitivity, 1 KHz read-out, and all in
>an
>> attractive package for considerably LESS than $200.00...?
>>
>> The only Achille's heal in this rig is the dial mechanism: I'll bet THE
>most
>> common thread herein is the slipping dial of the SB-series. Other than
>that,
>> a poor man's Collins, for my $$$!
>>
>> ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Noel Page" <noelg.page at sympatico.ca>
>> To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 3:31 PM
>> Subject: General Coverage Receiver Question (Tube).
>>
>>
>> > I know that Heathkit made general coverage receivers like
>> > the GR-78 and GC-1A (transistorized).
>> >
>> > I was wondering what is the model # of the best "TUBE"
>> > general coverage receiver that Heathkit made?
>> >
>> > Also, if anybody has knowledge of "TUBE" receivers
>> > made by other manufactures like Eico, Knight etc. .
>> > I was wondering how their receivers compare to the
>> > best tube receiver made by Heathkit?
>> >
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