I know the answer seems rather obvious, but I was wondering if anyone might
be able to advise me as to which of the two receiving methods is the most
sensitive. Would a quality scanner with a frequency crystal (VHF)
outperform a digital scanner with all other things being equal (or at least
as equal as possible)?

John

It does not make any differance. The first RF amplifier stage usually sets
the basic sensitivity . As most of the crystal sets are much older than the
digital ones , the digital ones may be more sensitive due to beter
transistors and/or design in the rf stages. If the crystal set is tuned to
one frequency only, then it may be more sensitive than the digital one that
covers a very wide frequency range.


"John Schneider" wrote in message
...
I know the answer seems rather obvious, but I was wondering if anyone
might
be able to advise me as to which of the two receiving methods is the most
sensitive. Would a quality scanner with a frequency crystal (VHF)
outperform a digital scanner with all other things being equal (or at
least
as equal as possible)?

John