John, For your purposes I'd recommend the Palstar R30. It's a great value for the money and fits your requirements. If you don't mind a little more weight, a higher quality receiver would be the AR7030.
http://www.Palstar.com Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [HCDX] Portable MW/SW receiver opinion needed ! I am in the market for a portable receiver with the following requirements: - Must fit in backpack/daypack without breaking my back. I still need to be able to ride my bicycle while carrying it. - Must have good performance when connected to longwires/beverages without undue overloading. (perhaps with loose coupling or preselector inline). - Low battery consumption. Either internal or external. - Have a functional S meter (meter or LEDs). - Selectable AGC would be a plus. (or on/off) - Digital readout would be a plus. Something like the Icom R71a or Kenwood R1000 is on the large side. They will fit in a backpack, but are on the heavy side. Perhaps Sony 2010 ? I have some mini dxpeditions in mind and need to find a suitable receiver. Thanks, John Wilke WB9UAI Milwaukee ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
