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by Ben Zonia » Sun Apr 30, 2023 6:27 pm
I have a Tecsun PL-880. It's good AM BC and FM BC, the SW is better than the AM BC and FM BC in my opinion. The Eton Satellit 750 is a decent table radio. Best USB and LSB with pitch control I've owned. FM Selectivity is better with the PL-880 than the 750.
Pre owned models.
But nothing touches the Panasonic RF-2200 for AM BC, and portable FM BC Selectivity. Close are the GE SuperRadio I and II. Working refurbished RF-2200s radios run $1000.00 or more. AM BC on an RF-2200 is comparable to a Professional Potomac FIM-41 Field Strength Meter, going down close to 10 uV/m barefoot in an electrically quiet setting.
Nothing touches the FM Selectivity of the McIntosh MR-78 and MR-80 Tuners, though they drift to the stronger adjacent. Personally, I think the 78 is better overall with the manual tuning for DX, even though the selectivity is slightly less.
Panasonic Tuners from the 1980s, ST-G Series, are good and cost a lot less. No drift because of digital tuning.
Many can be improved with preselector/preamps, both AM BC, FM BC, and of course for MW/SW, the MFJ products, which is actually pretty good for products that some hams call junk.
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