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Dear "dxAce,"

Sorry - can't resist (with all due respect to you) ---- No need to
upgrade the Drake R8 series? Evidently DRAKE thought they needed
upgrading! ;-)

Sorry again.

Best,

Joe

On Mar 5, 5:43 pm, dxAce wrote:
Joe Analssandrini wrote:
By the way, I notice that you own or owned all three versions of the
Drake R8 series. You, of course, know that you cannot "upgrade" a
Drake R8 to a Drake R8B


No need to upgrade either of the three. They are all outstanding performers.

dxAce
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Joe Analssandrini wrote:

Dear "dxAce,"

Sorry - can't resist (with all due respect to you) ---- No need to
upgrade the Drake R8 series? Evidently DRAKE thought they needed
upgrading! ;-)


Not upgrades really, more like simple enhancements. They all hear equally well.

Get back to me when you have more than a hundred or so thrown out QSL's.

Sorry again.

dxAce
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On Mar 5, 6:03 pm, dxAce wrote:
Joe Analssandrini wrote:
Dear "dxAce,"


Sorry - can't resist (with all due respect to you) ---- No need to
upgrade the Drake R8 series? Evidently DRAKE thought they needed
upgrading! ;-)


Not upgrades really, more like simple enhancements. They all hear equally well.

Get back to me when you have more than a hundred or so thrown out QSL's.

Sorry again.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Dear "dxAce,"

If only I'd known then what I know now --- one of the saddest phrases
in the English language. At the very least I could have donated the
QSLs and the memorabilia to The Committee to Preserve Radio
Verifications, though I do not believe any such repository existed at
that time.

Since that time, though I have continued to listen to shortwave radio,
it is more as a program listener than as an active DXer. While I do
search for exotic signals on occasion, I never ask for QSLs any more,
even when I write to a station. I guess the "desire" was tossed away,
along with my QSLs, by my ex-wife (though, of course, I should not and
do not place all the blame on her).

Back to the ICOM - do you think truly that ANY communications receiver
can really be worth $13,500.00? You know, I have a high-fidelity
stereo preamplifier ($299.00 in 1980) along with its associated power
amplifier ($399.00), both made by The David Hafler Company; ALL the
parts inside are what was then called "mil-spec." You know what kind
of tolerances those things had! But the price tag was reasonable and
affordable by almost anyone. (They were kits; if bought assembled, you
added $100.00 each) Both units still function as new. I personally do
not believe there is anything inside (or outside) this new receiver
that could possibly warrant such a high price tag.

Best,

Joe

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Joe Analssandrini wrote:

On Mar 5, 6:03 pm, dxAce wrote:
Joe Analssandrini wrote:
Dear "dxAce,"


Sorry - can't resist (with all due respect to you) ---- No need to
upgrade the Drake R8 series? Evidently DRAKE thought they needed
upgrading! ;-)


Not upgrades really, more like simple enhancements. They all hear equally well.

Get back to me when you have more than a hundred or so thrown out QSL's.

Sorry again.


Dear "dxAce,"

If only I'd known then what I know now --- one of the saddest phrases
in the English language. At the very least I could have donated the
QSLs and the memorabilia to The Committee to Preserve Radio
Verifications, though I do not believe any such repository existed at
that time.

Since that time, though I have continued to listen to shortwave radio,
it is more as a program listener than as an active DXer. While I do
search for exotic signals on occasion, I never ask for QSLs any more,
even when I write to a station. I guess the "desire" was tossed away,
along with my QSLs, by my ex-wife (though, of course, I should not and
do not place all the blame on her).

Back to the ICOM - do you think truly that ANY communications receiver
can really be worth $13,500.00?


No.


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