Hi All, I would like your thoughts on the following concerning receivers. A friend thought this might be the best place to air this discussion and I agree. Below is the basic set of questions I asked him but I welcome any and all feedback from you guys. Earlier this summer I bought a Drake 2B and I have been using it as my primary AM receiver for a month now and like a lot of things about it including sensitivity, stability and its selectivity on SSB and CW. The one thing I find less than pleasing is the narrow bandwidth of the 3.8 kHz AM filter. I have a couple of questions surrounding that. First, do you know of any mods to widen the bandwidth a little on AM? The other question is regarding differences between receivers. Since most of you have used both the 2B and R4, how would you describe the differences between them? Is the R4 better in terms of AM fidelity? What kinds of QRM fighting tools are available on the R4 similar to the Q multiplier of the 2B?
I am seriously thinking of perhaps selling this 2B as a stepping stone to something nicer. The R4, possibly the Hallicrafters SX-100, Hammarlund HQ-140x or HQ180 and Collins 75S series come to mind but I think the Collins is probably out of my price range. What do you think? Thanks much for your opinions and very 73. Kevin :) Amateur Radio: K7RX
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