{"id":52601,"date":"2022-04-26T08:26:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52601"},"modified":"2022-04-26T08:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T12:27:41","slug":"matts-2022-rooftop-receiver-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/matts-2022-rooftop-receiver-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt’s 2022 Rooftop Receiver Shootout!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor, Matt Blaze<\/a>, for the following guest post:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2022 rooftop receiver shootout<\/h1>\n

by Matt Blaze<\/strong><\/p>\n

I realized it’s been long past time for me to do another head-to-head receiver comparison “shootout”, where you can compare the audio from multiple radios receiving the same signal at the same time. Long time readers of Thomas’ blog may remember I’ve posted a few of these before<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So I took advantage of the nice weather and brought a bunch of radios, recording gear, and an antenna up to the roof to listen and record signals under an open sky. My neighbors, no doubt, wondered what I must have been up to. (Don’t tell them I’m just a harmless radio nerd.)<\/p>\n

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This year, our focus is on eight “dream receivers” from the 1980’s to the present. Each radio is at or near the top of the line in its class at the time of its release. Our radios include, in roughly reverse chronological order:<\/p>\n