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Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

Ends in just under 2 hours.

Never met the reserve.

So how does your R7 perform compared to the R8 and R8B you own?

There are times when the R7 is superior due to its 'true' passband tuning. I
never would have pulled Northern Cyprus in on 6150 without it.

What filters do you use in the R7 for AM and SSB reception?

I have the 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2,3 kHz filters in it.

What modifications or options does your R7 have in it?

No mods, but does have the NB and the above filters.

Are the filters from Drake or from somewhere else?

All are Drake except the 3 kHz filter which is from Sherwood Engineering though
I'm certain he had those made up by someone else.

Sorry to be pest but do you know what center frequency these filters
operate on? The R8 and R8B are around 50 KHz and if they are Drake stock
filters I was wondering if they were also low frequency IF filters or
something higher?

They are centered around 5.695 MHz or so as I recall.

I was also wondering if you found the noise blanker to be effective but
you are in a fairly low noise area so I suspect you don't know.

The noise blanker is effective, though I rarely have to use it. Generally the S
meters sit on S1 or below here during the day, even with several hundred feet of
wire connected to the receivers. If it goes up, I pick up the phone and call the
local Board of Public Works.

dxAce
Michigan
USA