Walt, I was stuck in the stone age with receivers for years. In college I was given an old EH Scott RBO2 made back in the 50s. I got the receiver in 68. It had a L/C set the filters, broad, medium, and sharp. No sideband, just AM.The sharp cut it down to about 3 khz. OK for domestic DXing, but not good of spliting hairs. I added a Q Multiplier to it. It had 455 khz IFs. I used that combo for many years. Until the early 80s when I bought the SP-600. Still no sideband, until I added a H-10 converter. But it had its drawbacks. I used that until 1992, when I got my first "new" communications receiver, the R8. Then a couple years back Dave Williams gave me his old SPR4, which I got repaired, added the noise blanker board, crystals, mods, and it is my back up for the R8. I also have a Kenwood R-1000 I bought for another back up. There is what I am set with today. The 3 receivers. I guess in the future my next jump with be a computer receiver. However, I first would need to buy a good laptop that can handle the software.
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