[Sandy G]

The ONLY thing that kinda makes me mad is that I spent the better part of a decade-15 yrs assembling a pretty decent collection of the BEST tube-based SW receivers designed by the hand/mind of Man....My Rohde & Schwarz EK-07, for example cost the West German gov't $6K a copy in the mid sixties-and there were only reportedly 1000 sets made.. There MAY be 3-4 dozen sets on this side of the pond... My R-389 LW-MW receiver, w/MAYBE 750 copies made 1954-55, cost Uncle Sugar about $5K in big, round 1955 dollars.. The English RACAL RA-17 was made from the late Fifties to the mid-Sixties, & was a "World-Class" receiver.. I spent a pretty good Chunka Change on these beasts, & now, there's really NOT much to pick up on 'em anymore...But I've always been a Gearhead/techhead, the ENGINEERING behind these things is almost as impressive as their ability to pick up obscure signals...Plus, they ALL include the MW/BCB band, it still is a kick picking up 1-lunger MW stations outta KY, VA, & TN..