drake r8 line longwave dx performance and the r75.
 

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"Michael" wrote:

You are waste of time. You won't talk radio and you won't answer my
questions and all you do is twist the meaning of what I post. There is
no excuse for this as I write in a straightforward manner. Your
misunderstanding and misconstruing follows a deliberate pattern only
displayed by one special person that posted here under another handle
Mikey.

Lets see... So far you have called me a fraud, a troll and now your accusing
me of impersonating some odd poster that you had an exchange with.

Your statement likening an R75 to a "door stop" should have been a clear
indication to me that you have limited experience with the R75 and limited
experience with the hobby in general. That absurd and inflammatory remark
was your own indictment. Being that this is a discussion group, I expect
and appreciate opposing views. Including, disparaging commentary regarding
the R75 or other good radios from posters that are compelled to malign
decent products with motives ranging from ignorance to xenophobia. When you
make your "door stop" statements, know full well that you have an audience
here for it, but part of that audience will take to task.

I will speak no more of it.

Sure thing Mikey.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

drake r8 line longwave dx performance and the r75.
 

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"Telamon" wrote in message
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So relying of published specifications is "sophistry". Well crap I do
this all the time at work professionally. Guess I'm in big trouble
there.

You have me at a disadvantage as I don't have an R75 to get my hands on
and I'm not likely to buy one given the state of the radio so by
default I would usually defer to your experience but the stridency of
your posts have put them in question I'm afraid.

I have an R8 and an R75, as well as a TenTec 350... the 75 is the worst
of the lot for AM DX on Medium Wave and topical bands, even with the full
gamut of mods. It is not a bad rig, but is an order of magnitude less
effective in all aspects. I got it for a location where I do not spend
much time, so it is OK... but would never be my choice for the more
difficult DX.

If you are a dedicated DXer, and one radio will give you an ID and
another will not, how do you put a price on such a difference?

No question... The R75 isnt a good MW rig. I wouldent choose it for MW
DX either. But... I would take it over the R8 for SW DX any day of the
week !!!!

Not for anything below 7 mHz, in any case. The R8 series is vastly better in
that frequency range.