N8YX
02-22-2014, 02:11 PM
Let's hear about your favorite - and why you feel it's the best.
Keep this thread to receivers only - no transceivers - and limited to those models which weren't ostensibly marketed as general coverage rigs.
My two are the Drake R7 and the Kenwood R-820. Not too many examples of the latter receiver were built, but it debuted a number of interference-fighting features which eventually made their way into such classics as the TS-830S.
The R7 is a flexible setup where IF filtering is concerned. At least a dozen different filter bandwidths were offered by both Drake and the aftermarket for the 5 and 7-line rigs, and you could install up to four accessory filters in the R7.
It goes without saying that both of these rigs drift a bit. N4YG offers a DDS unit for the R7 and similar rigs which might also be fitted to the 820 series Kenwoods.
Keep this thread to receivers only - no transceivers - and limited to those models which weren't ostensibly marketed as general coverage rigs.
My two are the Drake R7 and the Kenwood R-820. Not too many examples of the latter receiver were built, but it debuted a number of interference-fighting features which eventually made their way into such classics as the TS-830S.
The R7 is a flexible setup where IF filtering is concerned. At least a dozen different filter bandwidths were offered by both Drake and the aftermarket for the 5 and 7-line rigs, and you could install up to four accessory filters in the R7.
It goes without saying that both of these rigs drift a bit. N4YG offers a DDS unit for the R7 and similar rigs which might also be fitted to the 820 series Kenwoods.