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FERRITE BAR ANTENNA DOES A GOOD JOB ON ITS OWN.  750.  YES, THE CONTROL
REQUIRES A LIGHT TOUCH TO TUNE SIGNALS PERFECTLY, BUT ONCE I HAD IT TUNED
TO MY LIKING, THE BFO REMAINED STABLE AND THE RESULTING AUDIO WAS CLEAN AND
UNDISTORTED.  EVEN WHILE USING JUST THE TELESCOPING WHIP ANTENNA, I WAS
ABLE TO MONITOR A NUMBER OF AMATEUR SSB AND CW CONVERSATIONS.  THE RADIO
LACKS THE ABILITY TO CREATE THE KIND OF NARROW FILTERING THAT IS CRITICAL
WHEN LISTENING TO A CROWDED BAND, BUT AGAIN, THE ELITE 750 IS A CONSUMER
PRODUCT, NOT A HAM RECEIVER.  WITH THE RADIO STILL IN THE SSB MODE, I
COULDNT RESIST PUNCHING 14R074 MHZ INTO THE KEYPAD.  THATS THE 20 METER FT8
WATERING HOLE.  AS THE MUSICAL CACOPHONY OF WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A MILLION FT8
SIGNALS ERUPTED FROM THE SPEAKER, I GRABBED A MICROPHONE HEADSET, PLUGGED
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