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carlos2007 wrote:

Hello

I have a Drake r8b and I would not mind to sell it. Why? Listening
strong and medium stations its great and listening to the music it is
wonderful. But the problem starts when listening weak signal, I
cannot understand a single word because the audio it is too bassy and
words sound almost distorted. So, I cannot do DX.

I have tried with different headphones and the tone control fully
clockwise with no results. Maybe I would need a speaker that can put
out the highs, a Kenwood sp-31 or similar. I have read that audio
filter could solve the problem, Datong FL3 or a timewave device could
help.

Yes, I sent it to Drake R.L. in orderto have it aligned, checked
sensitivity and voltage levels........... and it works perfectly.

I will wait until next year since AOR it is going to release its
AR7070 DSP.

Thank you very much, any comments are very wellcomed.

If you are using the internal speaker that's not a good way to DX weak
signals. The best way is to use headphones. Using the right bandwidth
filter for the conditions along with the passband offset control is very
important.

All my tabletop radios are either connected to a bookshelf speaker or I
use headphones. The internal speakers are almost never used.

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Telamon
Ventura, California