Occasionally, I see Radio Shack DX160 or DX150 receivers on Ebay in
the price range Michael mentioned.
I never owned a DX150, but had a DX160 for about 5 years back in the
mid 1980s.
It was the typical analogue desktop single conversion receiver with a
slide rule dial. It was made through much of the 1970s. It was solid
state, with a built in AC power supply, but needed an external
speaker.
. It tuned the AM band through 30 MHZ, plus the standard airport
beacon band on long wave.
As single conversion receivers of that type and price range go, it was
quite good, and was much more stable than the Zenith tube type model I
ran in the mid 60s.
When connected to the center conductor of the coax from my 80 meter
dipole, it was really hot on the AM band, and did what I wanted on
short wave, which was mostly to listen to AM on 160, 80, 40, and 10
meters. It would also tune sideband and CW, but the AGC could be
swamped by a strong signal.
If you want something that may be a little better, look for a Kenwood
R1000, which was also from the 1980s. I never owned one, but knew
several people who did.
None of this stuff, of course, has accessible frequency displays, but
you really can enjoy them anyway.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Ryan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:39 PM
Subject: General coverage receiver
Hi all:
I'm looking at getting a fairly inexpensive desktop rcver for my self
for Xmas something in the $150 range.
Either something new or from the used market. Any ideas?
TNX & 73
Michael De VO1RYN
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