<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3332"><span>I have both an AR-2 and an AR-3.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3333"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3333"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3338"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3340"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3339">For "casual" tuning around, both are "OK". However, for serious work, I have quite a number of receivers that are definitely much better.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3340"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3340"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3340"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3340"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3452">Now, for Christmas 1956, my parents got me a used Heath AR-3 to replace the old TrueTone receiver that had a single shortwave band that I was using for a receiver. I was in 7th heaven! The AR-3 was a "real" receiver and I could listen to the world. Then, in April 1959, I traded the AR-3 in for a brand new Hallicrafters S-107 which was definitely a "step up" in receiver quality.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3340"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3340"><span><br></span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3341"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3268">Glen, K9STH </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3268"><br></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3268">Website: http://k9sth.net</div><br> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3269"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3275" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3274"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3273"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3272"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3271"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3270"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006@frontier.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Heath <heath@puck.nether.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 22, 2016 3:36 PM<br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3459"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3458">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Heath] AR-3...<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453501029879_3454"><br>Anyone here still use an AR-3? I'd be pleased to hear your experiences with <br>it.<br><br>One was my first Novice receiver in 1956. I never did get the BFO to work.<br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>