In that class of receivers, I prefer a 51J-4 or R-388 over both R-390 and SP-600. You get smooth tuning, great calibration accuracy, and a lot easier to work on.
-- Ernie, k0occ Atlanta, GA -------------- Original message -------------- From: Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I know this may spark a geyser of opinions, but I am in need of > assistance. I'm shopping for a new (new to me) receiver and I'm mainly > looking at the SP-600 and R-390. I'm sure price will play a > considerable role in what I get, but I want to get the most bang for my > buck. What's your advice? Would you look at others? Are these as > good as they are cracked up to be? Of course, I'm talking about tube > type receivers only with AM as their primary mode. > > Rick/K5IZ > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jul 28 21:31:50 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Original-To: [email protected] Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web56104.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web56104.mail.re3.yahoo.com [216.252.110.198]) by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 56F86859C58 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:31:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 68948 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Jul 2006 01:20:40 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=E47hHGfvv+E0uqcVDWFuomWeA2eW/tq1tbGnav00rEiQ13K0QIFnYAMpYfhMLhVgiVUG7aHh4zGtIAXqfX+Zxb/J51avojmTTHbYFmaMlyVYjAlOGUpypZ5cFd4/zmCjK4N/CJSZKjojniVBL75gUsatkZ7bfeEKG/Kj133+Hsw= ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [70.17.172.213] by web56104.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:20:40 PDT Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:20:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Merz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Receivers To: Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> List-Id: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio.mailman.qth.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/private/amradio> List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:31:50 -0000 While this is true, I bet Ernie can say this because he already has an R390 or A or several of them. I think a 390 is a "basic shack requirement". There may be reasons to prefer other radios (and I like Ernie's reasons below). But a vintage ham shack isn't really complete without an R390 or R390A. I've tried going without them and it's just not as much fun. But I can and do live without an SP-600. I sold mine a couple years ago and haven't missed it. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In that class of receivers, I prefer a 51J-4 or > R-388 over both R-390 and SP-600. You get smooth > tuning, great calibration accuracy, and a lot easier > to work on. > > -- > Ernie, k0occ > Atlanta, GA > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I know this may spark a geyser of opinions, but I > am in need of > > assistance. I'm shopping for a new (new to me) > receiver and I'm mainly > > looking at the SP-600 and R-390. I'm sure price > will play a > > considerable role in what I get, but I want to get > the most bang for my > > buck. What's your advice? Would you look at > others? Are these as > > good as they are cracked up to be? Of course, I'm > talking about tube > > type receivers only with AM as their primary mode. > > > > > Rick/K5IZ > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > AMRadio mailing list > > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul > Courson/wa3vjb > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul > Courson/wa3vjb >
