On Jun 11, 4:51Â*pm, junius wrote:
On Jun 11, 3:33Â*pm, dxAce wrote:





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On Jun 11, 7:02�am, dxAce wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Excellent-Condition_W0QQitemZ1...

Buy It Now and went for $1995.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Rare_W0QQitemZ260249448668QQih...

Buy It Now and went for $1799.00.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Interesting. Â*Neither auction has much to say about the working
condition.

Is there a significant price premium for an R7A vs. an R7 in similar
condition, and with similar options?

Seems so, but I've always wondered why. Difference between the two is that the
R7A came standard with the noise blanker, the 500 Hz CW filter and what is
merely a wire across one position on the filter board that gave perhaps 6-9 KHz
of selectivity in lieu of an actual crystal filter.

I currently have an R7 with NB, 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2.3 KHz filters and the AUX7
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I picked up a very nice condition R7 last year with the NB and 6, 4,
2.3, 1.8, and 0.5 filters installed (and with the matching speaker).
I paid a fair bit for it (probably on the high end for an R7), but
nowhere near what these recently eBay'ed sets fetched. Â*I had wanted
one of these for years, and, heck, they pop up only sporadically on
the used market (...and this one had the full complement of filters).
The one I acquired is a nice looking piece of gear: Â*only one minor
physical blemish to be seen. Â*And I had a chance to give it a test run
before buying. Â*Eventually I'd like to get a 3.0 kHz filter popped
into it (I believe Sherwood has 'em on offer) and perhaps ditch the
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I had that very filter combination (with the 3 instead of the .5) in
an R7 a while back. Got the SE-3 for it as well, that was truly
shortwave heaven. The PBT works amazingly well with the synch
detector. DX Ace is correct, the 3 makes a nice audio improvement
over the 2.3.