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Old 05-02-2009, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JimJ[VT] View Post
Depends on the use.

For all of the attractiveness of a tubed radio, if I had to pick one for dedicated DXing it'd be a modern DSP rig...no problems sacrificing audio quality for selectivity and adjustability on the front end.

For simply listening to a station where I know reception isn't going to be an issue, I'd pick the tubed one.
Uhhh...I beg to differ on that one. You've obviously never worked w/a properly set up R-390A, SX-73 Hallicrafters, SP-600 Hammarlund, RACAL RA-17 or even the "Mount Everest" of boatanchors, the Rohde & Schwarz EK-07.
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