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.

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.

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.

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.