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Old October 6th 10, 11:23 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010 04:18:06 -0700 (PDT), RHF
wrote:

On Oct 5, 6:14*pm, Joe from Kokomo wrote:
DEFCON 88 wrote:


Isn't AOR planning a new rx to replace the 7030, or has that been
scrapped?


Apparently scrapped.


On 10/5/2010 6:24 PM, wrote:

They would rather make a wideband receiver that they can charge $5000
-$10000 for, although I am not sure who is going to buy them.


Jim


- Who will buy? That's an easy one;
- the FBI, the CIA, the NSA...

+ Every Foreign Embassy around the World +
.


No. They are going to buy 5 of the $2K black box versions that
performs just as well, and you can control with one computer and one
monitor.

Jim