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Which tuner to get and getting the most from it. Thank God, for the radio!

RE: Firing up my Shortwave Receiver again

I hope the bands improve over time. I am able to receive a fair amount of 40m activity and very good 80m signals later in the evening.

Is that a TR4 as in Drake TR4 XCVR? That's an oldie - sort of. Of course anything Hallicrafters is probably older.

A good friend of mine who got his Novice license about the same time I did owned the Heathkit HW16 CW XCVR. That was an outstanding bargain rig and especially well suited to Novice CW operation with it's built-in 500Hz(?) CW filter. I was using my uncle's Hallicrafters SX-71 RX and a home made CW TX using 807 output tubes.

My most recent radio is the Yaesu FT170 handie talkie for 2m FM.



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