Sooo.....
 

dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake R8A.

How much?


$450.




Sadly, it followed me home, so I will now have to introduce it to my
antenna system.

heheheheheh.

Looks like it may be time for me to thin the herd.

p

Sooo.....
 

D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake R8A.

How much?

$450.

Sooo... you stole it!





Sadly, it followed me home, so I will now have to introduce it to my
antenna system.

heheheheheh.

Looks like it may be time for me to thin the herd.

p

Sooo.....
 

On Apr 13, 12:03*pm, D Peter Maus wrote:
dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

* * * * ....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? *Might it be? Yes, IT IS.

- - - A clean Drake R8A.

- - How much?

-*$450.

DPM,

OK so you made the 'old' Owner a Loan; and some else
{the 'new' Owner after you} will repay that Loan with
Interest; when you sell it to them.

in the meantime - enjoy your new radio ~ RHF


* * * * Sadly, it followed me home, so I will now have to introduce it to my
antenna system.

* * * * heheheheheh.

* * * * Looks like it may be time for me to thin the herd.

* * * * p- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake R8A.

How much?


$450.

SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake R8A.
How much?
$450.

Sooo... you stole it!



Shhh...I left my mask at the door.

Seems to work well. Sounds good. Calibration is dead on.

Takes some getting used to. Operation is a lot more direct than many
of my receivers.

This one, I'll want to take to the woods.



So, I guess I'll be putting my SW-2 up for sale.


The first $250 will take it.



p

Sooo.....
 

RHF wrote:
On Apr 13, 12:03 pm, D Peter Maus wrote:
dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:
....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS.

- - - A clean Drake R8A.

- - How much?

- $450.

DPM,

OK so you made the 'old' Owner a Loan; and some else
{the 'new' Owner after you} will repay that Loan with
Interest; when you sell it to them.

in the meantime - enjoy your new radio ~ RHF


Thanks. I'm liking this.




Sadly, it followed me home, so I will now have to introduce it to my
antenna system.
heheheheheh.
Looks like it may be time for me to thin the herd.
p- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -

Sooo.....
 

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake R8A.
How much?

$450.

SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.


Yeah, I fall into them every once in a while.

Sooo.....
 

D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake R8A.
How much?
$450.

Sooo... you stole it!

Shhh...I left my mask at the door.

Seems to work well. Sounds good. Calibration is dead on.

Takes some getting used to. Operation is a lot more direct than many
of my receivers.

Well, if ya got any questions, oh masked one, I'll try to help.

Sooo.....
 

dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake R8A.
How much?
$450.
Sooo... you stole it!
Shhh...I left my mask at the door.

Seems to work well. Sounds good. Calibration is dead on.

Takes some getting used to. Operation is a lot more direct than many
of my receivers.

Well, if ya got any questions, oh masked one, I'll try to help.





LOL!

As scary as it is to admit, you were the first thing that crossed my
mind as I laid eyes on it.

If I have any questions, I will, indeed, make some noise.

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake
R8A.
How much?

$450.

SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.


Yeah, I fall into them every once in a while.

How is it that a SW receiver ended up at a model train show? Maybe I
need to start going to those shows?

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake
R8A.
How much?
$450.
SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.

Yeah, I fall into them every once in a while.

How is it that a SW receiver ended up at a model train show? Maybe I
need to start going to those shows?




I run into that kind of cross sales, all the time. And it's the best
possible purchase environment. Very limited market for the product, so
the price doesn't spike.

I've bought a couple of really nice radios at non-radio hobbycraft
shows. One was a T/O 3000-1 for $25.

Occasionally, a seller has an odd or an end, and they bring it out to
the show thinking that there may be someone who would relieve them of
it. This guy bought it as a serious DXer, and found that his condo
association was less than sympathetic. He'd never taken it out of the
box. That's not to say it was new. Just that the seller had never used
it, himself.

If you're interested in bargains, they're out there. Just look where
most people wouldn't.

I'm liking this Drake. Handles very nicely. And filter selection,
for fixed filters, is quite good. Cleans up a messy band but quick.

Sooo.....
 

D Peter Maus wrote:
Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do
I spy across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean
Drake R8A.
How much?
$450.
SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.

Yeah, I fall into them every once in a while.

How is it that a SW receiver ended up at a model train show? Maybe I
need to start going to those shows?




I run into that kind of cross sales, all the time. And it's the best
possible purchase environment. Very limited market for the product, so
the price doesn't spike.

I've bought a couple of really nice radios at non-radio hobbycraft
shows. One was a T/O 3000-1 for $25.

Occasionally, a seller has an odd or an end, and they bring it out to
the show thinking that there may be someone who would relieve them of
it. This guy bought it as a serious DXer, and found that his condo
association was less than sympathetic. He'd never taken it out of the
box. That's not to say it was new. Just that the seller had never used
it, himself.

If you're interested in bargains, they're out there. Just look where
most people wouldn't.

I'm liking this Drake. Handles very nicely. And filter selection, for
fixed filters, is quite good. Cleans up a messy band but quick.


They're very audio-like filters (i.e. LRC type vs. ceramics, xtal,
mechanical, cavity, etc.) 50 kHz final IF-very cool.

Sooo.....
 

How come my doggy www.cattledog.com www.acdca.org can get a
Pedigree and I can't?

A couple of old buddys of mine are Railroad Nutz, (if you know what I
mean?) They can (and will) sit and talk Railroading with you till the
cows come home.They own a lot of very auld Railroad thingys that are
worth bouque piaster.
cuhulin

Sooo.....
 

www.devilfinder.com City of New Orleans Song Midi

(Smick and Smodoo) Thank you, Smick and Smodoo.

The Music runs for about four minutes and thirty three seconds.If y'all
can spare enough time? I reccomend it.
cuhulin

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I
spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake
R8A.
How much?
$450.
SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.

Yeah, I fall into them every once in a while.

How is it that a SW receiver ended up at a model train show? Maybe I
need to start going to those shows?




I run into that kind of cross sales, all the time. And it's the best
possible purchase environment. Very limited market for the product, so
the price doesn't spike.

I've bought a couple of really nice radios at non-radio hobbycraft
shows. One was a T/O 3000-1 for $25.

Occasionally, a seller has an odd or an end, and they bring it out to
the show thinking that there may be someone who would relieve them of
it. This guy bought it as a serious DXer, and found that his condo
association was less than sympathetic. He'd never taken it out of the
box. That's not to say it was new. Just that the seller had never used
it, himself.

If you're interested in bargains, they're out there. Just look where
most people wouldn't.

I'm liking this Drake. Handles very nicely. And filter selection,
for fixed filters, is quite good. Cleans up a messy band but quick.

I think you will find that a weak signal in the noise or near noise
level will be very readable on the Drake. It is always harder to hear a
signal in the noise on my other radios.

I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

What manual? We dont need no stinkin manuals! that's what dxAce is for.
cuhulin

Sooo.....
 

"Telamon"
I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Just down load them online, I have all my radio manuals backed-up as PDF.

Burr

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
"Burr" wrote:

"Telamon"
I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.


Just down load them online, I have all my radio manuals backed-up as PDF.


You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Burr" wrote:

"Telamon"
I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.


Just down load them online, I have all my radio manuals backed-up as PDF.


You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

I'll check when I get back from the gym, "Maybe" I can find something, I'll
see where I got mine.

Burr

Sooo.....
 

"Burr" wrote in message
m...

"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Burr" wrote:

"Telamon"
I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be
able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B
manual
but not the R8A or R8.


Just down load them online, I have all my radio manuals backed-up as
PDF.


You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

I'll check when I get back from the gym, "Maybe" I can find something,
I'll see where I got mine.

Burr


Try This, it says its in there.

http://www.icxinyi.com/zl/226.htm

Happy reading.

Burr

Off for a world class nap!

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
"Burr" wrote:

"Burr" wrote in message
m...

"Telamon" wrote in message
..
.
In article ,
"Burr" wrote:

"Telamon"
I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be
able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B
manual
but not the R8A or R8.


Just down load them online, I have all my radio manuals backed-up as
PDF.


You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

I'll check when I get back from the gym, "Maybe" I can find something,
I'll see where I got mine.

Burr


Try This, it says its in there.

http://www.icxinyi.com/zl/226.htm

Happy reading.


Great here it is. Now what are you supposed to do with it?

Y:\S-PDF\SERVICE MANUAL VOL.5\drake\R8A_Manual.pdf

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

Great price Peter! You are gonna like that radio a lot. The buttons are
typical Drake but the performance is also. The ability to use text names on
channels is very nice as well

Brian (R8A owner)

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html


"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake
R8A.

How much?


$450.




Sadly, it followed me home, so I will now have to introduce it
to my
antenna system.

heheheheheh.

Looks like it may be time for me to thin the herd.

p

Sooo.....
 

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article ,
D Peter Maus wrote:

dxAce wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

....out at a model train show, this morning...And what do I
spy
across
the auditorium...could it be? Might it be? Yes, IT IS. A clean Drake
R8A.
How much?
$450.
SNIP

Wow, good deal you lucky dog.
Yeah, I fall into them every once in a while.
How is it that a SW receiver ended up at a model train show? Maybe I
need to start going to those shows?



I run into that kind of cross sales, all the time. And it's the best
possible purchase environment. Very limited market for the product, so
the price doesn't spike.

I've bought a couple of really nice radios at non-radio hobbycraft
shows. One was a T/O 3000-1 for $25.

Occasionally, a seller has an odd or an end, and they bring it out to
the show thinking that there may be someone who would relieve them of
it. This guy bought it as a serious DXer, and found that his condo
association was less than sympathetic. He'd never taken it out of the
box. That's not to say it was new. Just that the seller had never used
it, himself.

If you're interested in bargains, they're out there. Just look where
most people wouldn't.

I'm liking this Drake. Handles very nicely. And filter selection,
for fixed filters, is quite good. Cleans up a messy band but quick.

I think you will find that a weak signal in the noise or near noise
level will be very readable on the Drake. It is always harder to hear a
signal in the noise on my other radios.

I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.



Oh yeah. It came in the original box, original packaging, with all
documentation intact.

Sooo.....
 

Peter:
That top firing speaker isn't the best due mostly to location. The radio
really wants a decent speaker to shine.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...

I'm liking this Drake. Handles very nicely. And filter selection, for
fixed filters, is quite good. Cleans up a messy band but quick.

Sooo.....
 

bdenley wrote:
Great price Peter! You are gonna like that radio a lot. The buttons are
typical Drake but the performance is also. The ability to use text names on
channels is very nice as well

Brian (R8A owner)




Thanks. I'm liking it already.

Sooo.....
 

Peter:
The manual is available in the yahoo-groups Draker8 file section. Or I have
the PDF if you want me to e-mail it.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html


I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

bdenley wrote:
Peter:
That top firing speaker isn't the best due mostly to location. The radio
really wants a decent speaker to shine.


Brian, Brian, Brian.....speakers is what I do.

Sooo.....
 

Yahoo Groups has it (in the Drake group) and I have it in pdf if anyone
wants it.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Burr" wrote:

"Telamon"
I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.


Just down load them online, I have all my radio manuals backed-up as PDF.


You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
Billy Burpelson wrote:

Telamon wrote:

You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

Well, you didn't look [to] [too] [two] (pick one) hard, did you? The
bama site has both the R8A and R8B manuals free for the downloading.

You really are a demented idiot. How much time should I have devoted to
the search moron?

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
Billy Burpelson wrote:

Telamon wrote:

You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

Well, you didn't look [to] [too] [two] (pick one) hard, did you? The
bama site has both the R8A and R8B manuals free for the downloading.

Hey Billy boy I was wondering how much time you spend each week working
at being a complete idiot. Must take up a lot of time and effort [to]
[too] [two] come up with plethora of insipid thoughts you display here.

How do you like that idiot? Works for me.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

"D Peter Maus"
I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.



Oh yeah. It came in the original box, original packaging, with all
documentation intact.


I knew you were going to say that!!!!!

Burr

Sooo.....
 

"bdenley" wrote in message
. ..
Peter:
The manual is available in the yahoo-groups Draker8 file section. Or I
have the PDF if you want me to e-mail it.

--
Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html


I hope you got the manual with the radio. If not someone should be able
to pdf one for you and then you can print it out. I have the R8B manual
but not the R8A or R8.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California



Brian, if you have time would you send it to and I'll put it in my files.
Don't reply to the firewall, it's OK.

TIA,

Burr

Sooo.....
 

In article ,
Billy Burpelson wrote:

Telamon wrote:

You can't download it from Drake. I looked around a bit and did not see
a link to a R8A manual.

Well, you didn't look [to] [too] [two] (pick one) hard, did you? The
bama site has both the R8A and R8B manuals free for the downloading.

Hey sparky, I've been meaning to ask you how things are working for you
in the shack these days. With your displayed technical abilities you
must still be getting that mike bite every time your lips get close.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

I should try that with my iPod!

--
Brian
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
bdenley wrote:
Sorry Peter....lost my head!!



LOL!

I've got it currently connected to a walnut duct ported cabinet with a
pair of Stromberg-Carlson 12" woofers and an Altec-Lansing sectoral horn.

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

-- David Peter Maus.

Sooo.....
 

bdenley wrote:
I should try that with my iPod!




Damned straight.

Sooo.....
 

In article
,
D Peter Maus wrote:

bdenley wrote:
Sorry Peter....lost my head!!



LOL!

I've got it currently connected to a walnut duct ported cabinet with a
pair of Stromberg-Carlson 12" woofers and an Altec-Lansing sectoral horn.

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

-- David Peter Maus.

The Drake will drive all that with a 2.5 Watt output?

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

Telamon wrote:
In article
,
D Peter Maus wrote:

bdenley wrote:
Sorry Peter....lost my head!!


LOL!

I've got it currently connected to a walnut duct ported cabinet with a
pair of Stromberg-Carlson 12" woofers and an Altec-Lansing sectoral horn.

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

-- David Peter Maus.

The Drake will drive all that with a 2.5 Watt output?




Oh, yeah. It's a very efficient speaker. And it's in a 10 X 10 room.

It doesn't need a lot of AF power.

Sooo.....
 

In article
,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article
,
D Peter Maus wrote:

bdenley wrote:
Sorry Peter....lost my head!!


LOL!

I've got it currently connected to a walnut duct ported cabinet with a
pair of Stromberg-Carlson 12" woofers and an Altec-Lansing sectoral horn.

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

-- David Peter Maus.

The Drake will drive all that with a 2.5 Watt output?




Oh, yeah. It's a very efficient speaker. And it's in a 10 X 10 room.

It doesn't need a lot of AF power.

I'm pretty happy with these Sony bookshelf speakers SS-MB100H.

http://www10.shopping.com/xPF-Sony-SSM-B100H

Or the Sony headphones MDR-V600

http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/s..._7-6900054.htm
l

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Sooo.....
 

Telamon wrote:
In article
,
D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article
,
D Peter Maus wrote:

bdenley wrote:
Sorry Peter....lost my head!!

LOL!

I've got it currently connected to a walnut duct ported cabinet with a
pair of Stromberg-Carlson 12" woofers and an Altec-Lansing sectoral horn.

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

-- David Peter Maus.
The Drake will drive all that with a 2.5 Watt output?



Oh, yeah. It's a very efficient speaker. And it's in a 10 X 10 room.

It doesn't need a lot of AF power.

I'm pretty happy with these Sony bookshelf speakers SS-MB100H.

http://www10.shopping.com/xPF-Sony-SSM-B100H

Or the Sony headphones MDR-V600

http://reviews.cnet.com/headphones/s..._7-6900054.htm
l




The headphones I've used. And, like most Sony, don't care for them.
The speakers, I'm not familiar. I'm guessing they're efficient enough to
make a good noise with little wattage?

Sooo.....
 

Telamon wrote:
In article
,
D Peter Maus wrote:

bdenley wrote:
Sorry Peter....lost my head!!


LOL!

I've got it currently connected to a walnut duct ported cabinet with a
pair of Stromberg-Carlson 12" woofers and an Altec-Lansing sectoral horn.

"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."

-- David Peter Maus.

The Drake will drive all that with a 2.5 Watt output?


Big speakers are very efficient, generally. That setup should yield
close to 100dB SPL at 1 meter at 2.5 W in.