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dxAce · September 20th 11, 05:20 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

dave wrote:

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:51:40 -0400, BDK wrote:

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On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:05:51 -0400, dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:

BDK wrote:

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DEFCON 88 wrote:

On Sep 19, 6:47 am, dxAce wrote:
http://www.universal-radio.com/used/used2.html

Pricey

dxAce
Michigan
USA

DROOL! Now THAT'S the look and layout of a REAL RADIO. None of
this damn bumping-through-the-microprocessor-menu crap.

Kind of like my R7 in a way, but most likely not the same build
quality.

Much better, actually. The R7 is a great radio, but it's a tin box
compared to that JRC and almost any JRC radio ever made.

I briefly had a NRD-515 with the NCM-515 frequency and NDH-515
memory unit that I picked up via the 'Ham Trader Yellow Sheets'
(some might remember that) for a song. Split the set up and resold
it. That had to have been pre-1994.

I think I paid something like $750 for the lot at the time.

This is the best of the "student" class radios, IMHO. If you're going
to latch onto an antique that you plan to use, at least get one that
smells good and glows. Get one with a little warmth to the audio.

http://www.collinsradio.org/html/51s-1.html

I just didn't care for the audio on the JRC's.

LOL, calling a high end reciever "sudent class" is hilarious. JRC made a
some tube sets too, if you're really into heating up your room. I have a
Hammarlund HQ-100 that's been modded to insane levels and I leave it on
all Winter, just to keep the room tolerable.

Steve mentioned the R7, a classic student radio. A student radio has only
basic controls, that conform to teaching textbooks. That radio was
expensive and built like a tank, but not high-end performing. That would
require a RACAL or a TenTec or a Watkins-Johnson or a Harris from that
era. But those radios all have complicated front panels for advanced
users. Radios like the JRC are built for ham fisted sailors, not
listening posts.

Rickmers, I've been able to do a lot with my "student" radios!