Drake R7, 1981 WRTH Review
 

On Aug 23, 8:16 am, dxAce wrote:
Roadie wrote:
On Aug 22, 7:35 pm, dxAce wrote:
Roadie wrote:
On Aug 21, 4:57 pm, dxAce wrote:
The following will take you to a pdf of the 1981 WRTH review of the Drake R7:

http://idisk.mac.com/hlhud/Public/WRTH:R7:1981.pdf/

(Via H. Huddleston who currently has a Drake R7, RV75, MS4 combo for sale on
eBay)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7-Receiver-RV75-VFO-MS-4-Speaker-Manuals_W...

$2,000 for a 30 year old receiver???

Sure, 900+ for the R7, probably 900 for the RV75 and then, very rare is the adapter
that enables the RV75 to be used with the R7/A and one has a sweet set-up.

It's still a dated design that now contains 30 year old electronics.

The R7/A is still a primo dx machine.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Drake R7, R8, R8A and R8B

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It may be a nice receiver, but a radio that requires a external VFO
equal in price to the radio itself seems like a poor deal if chasing
dx stations is ones goal.

Drake R7, 1981 WRTH Review
 

On Aug 23, 3:59 am, dxAce wrote:
dxAce wrote:
The following will take you to a pdf of the 1981 WRTH review of the Drake R7:

http://idisk.mac.com/hlhud/Public/WRTH:R7:1981.pdf/

(Via H. Huddleston who currently has a Drake R7, RV75, MS4 combo for sale on
eBay)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7-Receiver-RV75-VFO-MS-4-Speaker-Manuals_W...

Closing price was $2258.33

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Don't do business with the Huntington Investment Company.

It should be noted that the winning Bidder placed three Bids :
One for $2K and two more for $2K+ and $2K++ neither of
which were exceeded. Must be a real Drake Radio Collector.

Drake R7, 1981 WRTH Review
 

Roadie wrote:

On Aug 23, 8:16 am, dxAce wrote:
Roadie wrote:
On Aug 22, 7:35 pm, dxAce wrote:
Roadie wrote:
On Aug 21, 4:57 pm, dxAce wrote:
The following will take you to a pdf of the 1981 WRTH review of the Drake R7:

http://idisk.mac.com/hlhud/Public/WRTH:R7:1981.pdf/

(Via H. Huddleston who currently has a Drake R7, RV75, MS4 combo for sale on
eBay)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7-Receiver-RV75-VFO-MS-4-Speaker-Manuals_W...

$2,000 for a 30 year old receiver???

Sure, 900+ for the R7, probably 900 for the RV75 and then, very rare is the adapter
that enables the RV75 to be used with the R7/A and one has a sweet set-up.

It's still a dated design that now contains 30 year old electronics.

The R7/A is still a primo dx machine.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Drake R7, R8, R8A and R8B

Don't do business with the Huntington Investment Company.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It may be a nice receiver, but a radio that requires a external VFO
equal in price to the radio itself seems like a poor deal if chasing
dx stations is ones goal.

It's not required.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Don't do business with the Huntington Investment Company.

Drake R7, 1981 WRTH Review
 

Bob Miller wrote:

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:05:49 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



Bob Miller wrote:

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:57:16 -0400, dxAce
wrote:

The following will take you to a pdf of the 1981 WRTH review of the Drake R7:

http://idisk.mac.com/hlhud/Public/WRTH:R7:1981.pdf/

(Via H. Huddleston who currently has a Drake R7, RV75, MS4 combo for sale on
eBay)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7-Receiver-RV75-VFO-MS-4-Speaker-Manuals_W0QQitemZ120150995583QQihZ002QQcategoryZ15 051QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Don't do business with the Huntington Investment Company.

Personally, I'd rather have a 1A.

Had 5 or 6 of them.

Used to drool over them as a kid. How'd they work?

Quite nicely. Interesting design that always reminds me of a mailbox.

The ones I had went to Japan with one exception, and that one went to Sindre Torp, 'The Drake Collector' in Norway.

There is currently a 1A up on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-1A-Receiver-with-Original-Manual_W0QQitemZ250157905569QQihZ015QQcategoryZ467 3QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Don't do business with the Huntington Investment Company.