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Realistic DX-150A - Collector quality

I've been following this thread for a while, but had to jump in when someone
said to get a speaker from a dead Drake! Now that hurts, because the only
rigs at this QTH are Drakes, and there are no dead one! They all live... LOL

And yes, I bought my first receiver with a paper route income. It was an
Hallicrafters SX-11 that cost me $15.00. Try to buy one of those now.

Mike/K5VSE

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Realistic DX-150A - Collector quality

Mena Mike wrote:

I've been following this thread for a while, but had to jump in when someone
said to get a speaker from a dead Drake! Now that hurts, because the only
rigs at this QTH are Drakes, and there are no dead one! They all live... LOL

Apparently, it was the resident troll.

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prove it.
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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

Realistic DX-150A - Collector quality

Michael A. Terrell, you came out of that fake phonograph room,eh?

I have been lookin overrrrr my shoulderrrrrrr,,,,,, for a fourrrrr leaf
cloverrrrrrrrrr,,,,,,,,
cuhulin

Realistic DX-150A - Collector quality

On Sep 27, 1:05 pm, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:
Mena Mike wrote:

I've been following this thread for a while, but had to jump in when someone
said to get a speaker from a dead Drake! Now that hurts, because the only
rigs at this QTH are Drakes, and there are no dead one! They all live... LOL

Apparently, it was the resident troll.

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

You've been such a lousy ghost writer though. I hate to say it but I'm
firing you.

FA: Realistic DX-150A - Collector quality

On Sep 27, 7:47 am, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote:
Well said. We all have our "first radio" that spurred our interest in those
early days. Those that could afford, or maybe had a father that could, a
higher-end Hallicrafters or Hammarlund, were lucky and got spoiled. A lot
of us though had to save up our paper-route money to buy our own radio, and
these were still expensive for a 13-year kid.

I think you're giving the radio itself a bit of a short sell. These are
really very good radios. They are extremely sensitive, and (contrary to one
poster) have great image rejection which nearly cancels out the disadvantage
of single-conversion. They are very quiet with a low noise floor, and the
audio is pretty good. Put up a good outside longwire and you get excellent
results. And because they'll pull just about anything out there, they are a
lot of fun to cruise the bands with.

These are indeed "real radios" that were on par with some of the entry-level
Hallicrafters or similar, and thus (I believe) deserve some discussion of
variants and differences. A lot of people love these radios, and it's not
all nostalgia.

I agree, I've had quite a few suprises turn up while bandscanning with
the DX-160, though it would drift away after a little bit. Not a bad
radio as people think, though.

BTW, "Unrevealed Source," I need to ask you a question about another
radio you posted about, could you please send me an email. I tried to
send you one but it never went through.

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On Sep 24, 5:29 am, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote:
Sorry for the blatant shilling, but it's possible someone here may be
interested in this. Yes, it's mine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=190155553202&...

Jeff

This was, and still is the biggest piece of trash receiver that
unRealistic ever squeezed out of their anal repository. Why would
anyone in their right mind want to collect such junk?

Gosh, let's stay with talking about old classic radios, not this horse
hockey.

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On Oct 23, 11:26 am, Radiola wrote:
On Sep 24, 5:29 am, "Unrevealed Source"
wrote:

Sorry for the blatant shilling, but it's possible someone here may be
interested in this. Yes, it's mine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=190155553202&...

Jeff

This was, and still is the biggest piece of trash receiver that
unRealistic ever squeezed out of their anal repository. Why would
anyone in their right mind want to collect such junk?

Gosh, let's stay with talking about old classic radios, not this horse
hockey.

How long ago did the set sell and Gary is still not happy?

Oh, you still ran out of insults for me long ago. Keep your blood
pressure low if you will. No cardiacs on my account.

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