I owned all three R8 series Drakes and found the original R8 inferior in
SSB/ECSS performance to the R8A/B
Also the ergonomics on the original R8 were not very good.
An Icom R75 will run rings around the old R8 on SSB.
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John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Telamon" wrote in message
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In article ,
"John Plimmer" wrote:

The R8 and R8E are the same, the "E" denoting the European version
that had certain frequencies blocked. The R8 is a fine radio but a
bit dated by today's standards, but if you pick one up at a good
price you will be very satisfied.

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What do you mean by "dated by today's standards"?

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Telamon
Ventura, California