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Old January 4th 04, 02:52 PM
geojunkie
 
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"I haven't seen much conversation on this model on the reflector, so I
would like to know everyone's opinions who know anything about it."

I just recapped and aligned one, and I find it to have excellent
fidelity on AM, and also very useable for SSB using the BFO, although
you have to manually reset it for the upper or lower SB. With the two
tuning dials (main and bandspread), it is not as easy to be precise
for finding an "exact" frequency, but it is just fine for roaming the
waves. Being general coverage it is also a good SWL receiver, which is
surely what it was marketed for. I think this was Hallicrafters first
double conversion unit. The crystal filter is useful to reduce QRM,
but adds some sonic "hollow sounding" effects. I like this unit.

Dan