Have that Yaesu 101. One of the best receivers in the world. Japanese knew their stuff.
An eleven meter “dipole” long line antenna could bring in signals from all over the world.
Long live DX.
Daahh dit, dit,\ daahh, dit, dit, daahh.
DX, DX.
Sometimes the old is new again. Got up to 7 letters per. Think that was enough to qualify for “technical.”
I know you're right! I have that Yaesu, a FT-101ZD, a Kenwood 940SAT, and a Kenwood TS-2000 in my shack.
The TS-2000 has the worst receive of any rig in my shack. The problem with modern rigs is they pack too much into too small of a space. All these electronics in such a small space creates internal "noise" in the receiver.
Now it's a toss-up between my Kenwood 940SAT (my first HF Rig) and the Yaesu FT-101EE as to which has the best receive. I know I can hear stations on both those rigs that I simply cannot hear on my TS-2000.
As for best audio, I get a ton of compliments on my Kenwood 940's audio when I put it on the air on SSB. The Yaesu win's on AM (mostly because the Kenwood isn't an "AM" rig ... its "AM" is really double-sideband.)