Best SSB/USB/LSB receiver
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Well for starters you might want to specify a price range, required features, frequency range, classic radio, SDR, battery-powered, etc.
Another site for actual user receiver reviews is: http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8
Another site for actual user receiver reviews is: http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8
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majoco
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AEG/Telefunken E1800.
Well, you did ask!
Well, you did ask!
zl2taw
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Icom IC-R9500thats my choice though its a desktop model
SpectreOZ
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I upgraded to the wadley loop design of the DX300 and compared to what I had used before it is awesome... this will of course change the minute I get my hands on an Icom, Kenwood OR Alinco SW receiver, however if I were to spend that kind of cash I may as well get my ham ticket and enjoy a HF transceiver with wideband RX 
I use an old Icom R-70 with filter and FM board upgrades. On SSB it is still a pretty good receiver after all these years.
The portable I take when I go camping in the mountains is a beat up old YB-400. Listening to SW broadcast stations, it's about as good as an envelope detector gets. The audio section is very nice. It also has a very sensitive FM BC receiver, and reasonable AM and LW reception. For the money I paid for it, it was hard to beat. Only problem: it will last only 30 hours on a set of six AA batteries.
For mobile listening (and transmitting), I have a Kenwood TS-50.
As a married man with kids, I have many expenses which have precluded me from buying anything new. My next radio will probably be SDR...
The portable I take when I go camping in the mountains is a beat up old YB-400. Listening to SW broadcast stations, it's about as good as an envelope detector gets. The audio section is very nice. It also has a very sensitive FM BC receiver, and reasonable AM and LW reception. For the money I paid for it, it was hard to beat. Only problem: it will last only 30 hours on a set of six AA batteries.
For mobile listening (and transmitting), I have a Kenwood TS-50.
As a married man with kids, I have many expenses which have precluded me from buying anything new. My next radio will probably be SDR...
For 20-50$ you could get yourself a USB dongle (RTL SDR) with an up-converter for HF.. plus with that you can listen to everything up to 2Ghz I believe is the limit..depending on the model you buy.
NooElec - NooElec TV28T v2 DVB-T USB Stick (R820T) w/ Antenna and Remote Control - SDR Receivers - Software Defined Radio
Can't really beat that price.. and you can do so much with these units.. most of the software for it is free as well.
Edit: If your really set on a stand alone Rx'er, than you could consider a Grundig Satellit 750.. since I heard RS just dropped the price below 300$.. I have had mine for a few years now, with no problems, and it works quite well with the proper antenna/setup. It's no ICOM, but it gets the job done.
NooElec - NooElec TV28T v2 DVB-T USB Stick (R820T) w/ Antenna and Remote Control - SDR Receivers - Software Defined Radio
Can't really beat that price.. and you can do so much with these units.. most of the software for it is free as well.
Edit: If your really set on a stand alone Rx'er, than you could consider a Grundig Satellit 750.. since I heard RS just dropped the price below 300$.. I have had mine for a few years now, with no problems, and it works quite well with the proper antenna/setup. It's no ICOM, but it gets the job done.
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The drake sw 8 is good radio.....
The drake sw 8 is good radio.....
prcguy
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Why would a post requesting recommendations on "the best SSB/USB/LSB receiver" include an R70 or a $25 USB dongle radio??? I would expect high end receivers from Harris, R&S, Racal, Cublc and similar. Having owned many high end receivers my opinion is the Elecraft K3 has a superior receiver over my Harris RF-590 or Cubic HF-1030 or Racal or any other receiver I have used to date. There probably is something better but its not made it to my shack yet.
prcguy
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The Harris R-2368 series is pretty decent. They are a little old, now, in some regards.
Blame the OP... he never clarified what information he was after...
Fast1eddie
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Best Receivers
Radio-it's all good! A very subjective question with many subjective answers in return. I have been involved with RF as a hobbyist, communications technician, amateur radio and will tell you there is not one good radio for everything!
Certainly the high end wideband boxes are sweet, and have owned several AOR products.
For now, I am using a Icom R71a (Recently serviced professionally) with a Icom R7100, AOR 8200, Yaesu VR 500 and a Alinco DJ-V5.
Now divorced and living in a second floor apartment with exterior antenna restrictions. Installing my antennas above the tile drop ceiling. No metal siding, just brick. My building was built in 1903, solid but simple construction.
I personally prefer a simple but effective station using older 70's-80'` equipment.
If money were no object, I would latch on to a R 390.
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ed
Radio-it's all good! A very subjective question with many subjective answers in return. I have been involved with RF as a hobbyist, communications technician, amateur radio and will tell you there is not one good radio for everything!
Certainly the high end wideband boxes are sweet, and have owned several AOR products.
For now, I am using a Icom R71a (Recently serviced professionally) with a Icom R7100, AOR 8200, Yaesu VR 500 and a Alinco DJ-V5.
Now divorced and living in a second floor apartment with exterior antenna restrictions. Installing my antennas above the tile drop ceiling. No metal siding, just brick. My building was built in 1903, solid but simple construction.
I personally prefer a simple but effective station using older 70's-80'` equipment.
If money were no object, I would latch on to a R 390.
Good Signals,
ed
I mainly use older digital readout portables, my mainstay being the Realistic DX-390, as it's easy to use, and has pretty good performance (mine doesn't overload much because I live in a low signal environment). I also use my DX-398 a lot if I'm concentrating on listening to the ham bands, as it's got great SSB on it.
I think any radio you enjoy using, you know really well, and that has decent performance is a 'great radio'. A lot of what you're going to hear depends on propagation and your antenna, anyway....
I think any radio you enjoy using, you know really well, and that has decent performance is a 'great radio'. A lot of what you're going to hear depends on propagation and your antenna, anyway....
SpectreOZ
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So what did you end up with? don't leave us hanging...
I'm dreaming about FRG7700's and Icom R75's myself
In an earlier post in the thread I think Tominbelfast mentioned he went with the Radio Shack PLL World Receiver (catalog # 20-629).
It's a decent portable digital SW radio with BFO. I have one, and I like it o.k.. Better on AM (for SW broadcast) than SSB, but o.k. for casual SSB listening (AGC pumps a bit on SSB). Good selectivity on MW.
I use mine mainly for tuning the SW broadcast bands, and also to bandscan, because it's quick tuning and sounds like tuning an analog receiver.
I also have logged some new MW stations with it, using a loop. I don't know what sort of AM filter it has, but it has pretty narrow skirts that reduce splatter very well.
It's a decent portable digital SW radio with BFO. I have one, and I like it o.k.. Better on AM (for SW broadcast) than SSB, but o.k. for casual SSB listening (AGC pumps a bit on SSB). Good selectivity on MW.
I use mine mainly for tuning the SW broadcast bands, and also to bandscan, because it's quick tuning and sounds like tuning an analog receiver.
I also have logged some new MW stations with it, using a loop. I don't know what sort of AM filter it has, but it has pretty narrow skirts that reduce splatter very well.
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