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Best Receiver ever on the market

IN THE PAST

The best shortwave receivers ever brought to market are the Kenwood flagship R-5000 and JRC - NRD series series. 325 - 335 - 345 from JRC - NRD,
For me PA11599 / PA0002SWL / SWL5073 Never Been Affordable, Expensive Receivers on the market have ever been. Kenwoord R-5000 are no longer sold new. However, you sometimes find them second hand on Ebay or Marktplaats. For brand ships from JRC - NRD series series. 325 - 335 - 345 from JRC - NRD this is not otherwise very expensive. The JRC-NRD 345 is still sold in Japan for almost 3000 euros. In addition, customs import tax is added in the Netherlands. So getting another JRC-NRD 345 will no longer be for me. I am already old and sick. This dream will never come true. unless JRC-NDR sponsors one. But why would they sponsor an old SWL station at an advanced age? It will remain a dream unfortunately.

The best shortwave reccievers on the world were the Kenwood R-5000 best one ever from kenwoord. the Kenwoord R-1000 Were not so good. R-5000 were the best flagship from kenwood.

Year Introduced/Discontinued: 1987 / 1998

Power: Mains, 12 v supply optional

Size: 279 x 107 x 307 mm

Weight: 5.6 kg

Price: US$1050, CAN$1340, £1000, A$1850

Coverage: 100 kHz – 30 MHz continuous
Two VFO’s. AM, SSB, FSK, CW. Double conversion. Keyboard entry or manual tuning. Keyboard entry takes some getting used to. 100 channel memory stores frequency AND mode. Computer control possible via RS232 interface. Aftermarket software available. Selectivity : 5.9 or 2.7 kHz at -6dB. We recommend adding the improved AM filter at the time of purchase. 100 memories. Scanning possibilities. 10 Hz is the finest tuning increment which is perfectly adequate. Good audio quality (better than ICOM IC-R72). AGC fast/slow. Timer plus dual time-zone clock. 10 Hz steps VFO. Switchable RF input attenuator.

And the best Second Shortwave receiver were JRC-NRD Flagships \
JRC - NRD 345
JRC - NRD 325 ( no photo aviable )

The NRD-545 is Japan Radio's latest high end HF DSP receiver. It tunes from 10 kHz to 30 MHz, and up to 2 GHz with the optional VHF/UHF converter. It is generally considered one of the finest HF, radios ever made. And one of Last in 2008, production of this receiver has stopped, apparently due to unavailability of certain components. :( Silentkey JRC-NRD

Small infor History
The Japan Radio Company NRD-525 follows in the proud tradition of the NRD-505 and NRD-515. This multimode receiver tunes from 90 kHz to 34 MHz with a 10 Hz digital display. Four independent filter positions are available with a 4 kHz and 2 kHz filter standard. Select stations via manual tuning, up-down tuning, scanning, keypad entry or 200 channel memories. Advanced refinements include: Passband Tuning, Notch Filter, Scan/Sweep, Clock Timer, effective Noise Blanker, Dimmer and Tone Control. The rear panel has a selectable antenna input and timer relay contacts. The '525' employs modular construction as found on many JRC marine receivers such as the NRD-301.

JRC- NDR 345 Frontside above, Back side below.
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