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carlos2007 wrote:

I have been thinking about buying a tabletop receiver for shortwave.
I am mainly interested in tropical bands and 49 mb SW stations, not
interested in ham bands.

I have already got a Drake R8b but it is not good for DXing in these
bands. I have been reading in some web pages that the Drake r7A
perfoms very well . What is your opinion about buying a R7A or a
similar receiver? Of course I would sell the R8B first. Any comments
are wellcomed. Thanks

I'm curious why you think the Drake R8B is not a good DX radio for 49
meters? What seems to be the problem? Overload from local MW stations?

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Telamon
Ventura, California