Telamon wrote:
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D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
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D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
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D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I
spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake
R8A.
How much?
$450.
SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.
Yeah, I fall into them every once in a while.
How is it that a SW receiver ended up at a model train show? Maybe I
need to start going to those shows?



I run into that kind of cross sales, all the time. And it's the best
possible purchase environment. Very limited market for the product, so
the price doesn't spike.

I've bought a couple of really nice radios at non-radio hobbycraft
shows. One was a T/O 3000-1 for $25.

Occasionally, a seller has an odd or an end, and they bring it out to
the show thinking that there may be someone who would relieve them of
it. This guy bought it as a serious DXer, and found that his condo
association was less than sympathetic. He'd never taken it out of the
box. That's not to say it was new. Just that the seller had never used
it, himself.

If you're interested in bargains, they're out there. Just look where
most people wouldn't.

I'm liking this Drake. Handles very nicely. And filter selection,
for fixed filters, is quite good. Cleans up a messy band but quick.

I think you will find that a weak signal in the noise or near noise
level will be very readable on the Drake. It is always harder to hear a
signal in the noise on my other radios.

I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.



Oh yeah. It came in the original box, original packaging, with all
documentation intact.