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KnoxvilleMike wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 4:09 pm Uh, no. Those are rather hideous, in my opinion, especially those in the first link with that nasty green paint!
I was gifted a FRG-7700 which embodies the late 70's look very nicely, but I am quite partial to the look of the NRD-545. Nothing says eighties or nineties like a nice vacuum fluorescent display.
That Racal RA17 should definitely be in a proper cabinet, otherwise it would not be a tabletop. A rack with the RA17 and all possible add-ons such as the SSB adapter and the LF converter would no longer be a tabletop.
As for best looking as opposed to best performing: Anything with Nixie tubes for frequency read-out?