On Aug 10, 9:55*pm, wrote:

Does the Palstar tune like this, too, or are its tuning rates more
reasonable in SSB mode? What I'd ideally like is something that tunes
pretty much the same rates the HF-150 does in both AM and SSB, with
the option (under my control, NOT automatically chosen as a result of
mode) to slow the tuning rate down if I want.

Ack! That's really bad wording there. Let's try again:

What I'd really like is a receiver that tunes at about the same rates
the HF-150 does in AM mode, but does so in both AM and SSB, with the
option (under my control, NOT automatically chosen as a result of
demodulation mode) to slow the tuning rate down if I want.