On Jun 11, 7:05*pm, dxAce wrote:
junius wrote:
On Jun 11, 3:33Â pm, dxAce wrote:
" wrote:
On Jun 11, 7:02�am, dxAce wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Excellent-Condition_W0QQitemZ1...

Buy It Now and went for $1995.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Rare_W0QQitemZ260249448668QQih...

Buy It Now and went for $1799.00.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Interesting. Â Neither auction has much to say about the working
condition.

Is there a significant price premium for an R7A vs. an R7 in similar
condition, and with similar options?

Seems so, but I've always wondered why. Difference between the two is that the
R7A came standard with the noise blanker, the 500 Hz CW filter and what is
merely a wire across one position on the filter board that gave perhaps 6-9 KHz
of selectivity in lieu of an actual crystal filter.

I currently have an R7 with NB, 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2.3 KHz filters and the AUX7
board installed.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I picked up a very nice condition R7 last year with the NB and 6, 4,
2.3, 1.8, and 0.5 filters installed (and with the matching speaker).
I paid a fair bit for it (probably on the high end for an R7), but
nowhere near what these recently eBay'ed sets fetched. *I had wanted
one of these for years, and, heck, they pop up only sporadically on
the used market (...and this one had the full complement of filters).
The one I acquired is a nice looking piece of gear: *only one minor
physical blemish to be seen. *And I had a chance to give it a test run
before buying. *Eventually I'd like to get a 3.0 kHz filter popped
into it (I believe Sherwood has 'em on offer) and perhaps ditch the
0.5.

Let me know when you decide to replace the .5 as when you put in a voice bandwidth
filter there is a lead or two (if you replace both CW filters) that needs to be cut.

You'll like the 3 KHz Sherwood as the extra 700 Hz of audio over the stock 2.3 is
very nice.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Will do, thanks for the heads up on that.

I'm looking at this eBay'ed R7A that went for $1799.00. On the second
photo, it seems to be tuned to 32876.4 kHz. Strange. Mine only goes
a tad beyond 30 MHz. Not that I'm interested in extending beyond HF
myself, but now I'm curious as to whether there was a frequency
extension mod for the R7/R7A.

Hmmm, looks like the buyer has recently bought from Radio-Mart.

junius wrote:

On Jun 11, 7:05 pm, dxAce wrote:
junius wrote:
On Jun 11, 3:33Â pm, dxAce wrote:
" wrote:
On Jun 11, 7:02�am, dxAce wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Excellent-Condition_W0QQitemZ1...

Buy It Now and went for $1995.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Rare_W0QQitemZ260249448668QQih...

Buy It Now and went for $1799.00.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Interesting. Â Neither auction has much to say about the working
condition.

Is there a significant price premium for an R7A vs. an R7 in similar
condition, and with similar options?

Seems so, but I've always wondered why. Difference between the two is that the
R7A came standard with the noise blanker, the 500 Hz CW filter and what is
merely a wire across one position on the filter board that gave perhaps 6-9 KHz
of selectivity in lieu of an actual crystal filter.

I currently have an R7 with NB, 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2.3 KHz filters and the AUX7
board installed.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I picked up a very nice condition R7 last year with the NB and 6, 4,
2.3, 1.8, and 0.5 filters installed (and with the matching speaker).
I paid a fair bit for it (probably on the high end for an R7), but
nowhere near what these recently eBay'ed sets fetched. I had wanted
one of these for years, and, heck, they pop up only sporadically on
the used market (...and this one had the full complement of filters).
The one I acquired is a nice looking piece of gear: only one minor
physical blemish to be seen. And I had a chance to give it a test run
before buying. Eventually I'd like to get a 3.0 kHz filter popped
into it (I believe Sherwood has 'em on offer) and perhaps ditch the
0.5.

Let me know when you decide to replace the .5 as when you put in a voice bandwidth
filter there is a lead or two (if you replace both CW filters) that needs to be cut.

You'll like the 3 KHz Sherwood as the extra 700 Hz of audio over the stock 2.3 is
very nice.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Will do, thanks for the heads up on that.

I'm looking at this eBay'ed R7A that went for $1799.00. On the second
photo, it seems to be tuned to 32876.4 kHz. Strange.

Yes, it was.

It sounds like the PLL is out of lock, and the VCO is in free run mode.
Probably a problem with the switching power supply that provides the 24V
tuning voltage for the VCOs. There are a couple of electrolytic capacitors
that dry out over the years, causing failure of this function. Repair takes
about a half hour, and the radio is as good as new.

Pete

"junius" wrote in message
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On Jun 11, 7:05 pm, dxAce wrote:
junius wrote:
On Jun 11, 3:33Â pm, dxAce wrote:
" wrote:
On Jun 11, 7:02�am, dxAce wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Excellent-Condition_W0QQitemZ1...

Buy It Now and went for $1995.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Rare_W0QQitemZ260249448668QQih...

Buy It Now and went for $1799.00.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Interesting. Â Neither auction has much to say about the working
condition.

Is there a significant price premium for an R7A vs. an R7 in similar
condition, and with similar options?

Seems so, but I've always wondered why. Difference between the two is
that the
R7A came standard with the noise blanker, the 500 Hz CW filter and
what is
merely a wire across one position on the filter board that gave
perhaps 6-9 KHz
of selectivity in lieu of an actual crystal filter.

I currently have an R7 with NB, 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2.3 KHz filters and the
AUX7
board installed.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I picked up a very nice condition R7 last year with the NB and 6, 4,
2.3, 1.8, and 0.5 filters installed (and with the matching speaker).
I paid a fair bit for it (probably on the high end for an R7), but
nowhere near what these recently eBay'ed sets fetched. I had wanted
one of these for years, and, heck, they pop up only sporadically on
the used market (...and this one had the full complement of filters).
The one I acquired is a nice looking piece of gear: only one minor
physical blemish to be seen. And I had a chance to give it a test run
before buying. Eventually I'd like to get a 3.0 kHz filter popped
into it (I believe Sherwood has 'em on offer) and perhaps ditch the
0.5.

Let me know when you decide to replace the .5 as when you put in a voice
bandwidth
filter there is a lead or two (if you replace both CW filters) that needs
to be cut.

You'll like the 3 KHz Sherwood as the extra 700 Hz of audio over the stock
2.3 is
very nice.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Will do, thanks for the heads up on that.

I'm looking at this eBay'ed R7A that went for $1799.00. On the second
photo, it seems to be tuned to 32876.4 kHz. Strange. Mine only goes
a tad beyond 30 MHz. Not that I'm interested in extending beyond HF
myself, but now I'm curious as to whether there was a frequency
extension mod for the R7/R7A.

Hmmm, looks like the buyer has recently bought from Radio-Mart.

On Jul 1, 6:43*am, dxAce wrote:
dxAce wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Excellent-Condition_W0QQitemZ1....

Buy It Now and went for $1995.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R7A-Receiver-Rare_W0QQitemZ260249448668QQih....

Buy It Now and went for $1799.00.

Now here is an R7 that sold recently:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R-7-Receiver-serial-240_W0QQitemZ1702329670...
$800.00

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Good price. The seller would have done well not to have listed the
item under
"Consumer Electronics Radios: CB, Ham & Shortwave Ham Radio
Transceivers Other Brands"