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Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
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Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
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BDK wrote: In article , says... UU86 YAESU FRG- 7 RCVR COMM ANALOG MAN,COLL.FILT,PHONES 469.95 GOOD WOW, that price is a tad steep. I bought two 7700's over the years for less than $300, and that was when they weren't 30 years old. No Collins filter, but still... http://www.geocities.com/yaesu_frg7/.../7history.html I've owned at least one of every model of HF receiver Yaesu made, so I'm well familiar with them. -- BDK BDK Klan leader? kOOk Magnet! NJJ CLUB #1 Shillmaster |
Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
BDK wrote:
In article , says... BDK wrote: In article , says... UU86 YAESU FRG- 7 RCVR COMM ANALOG MAN,COLL.FILT,PHONES 469.95 GOOD WOW, that price is a tad steep. I bought two 7700's over the years for less than $300, and that was when they weren't 30 years old. No Collins filter, but still... http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/979 The 7 was an ok receiver, in it's price range, but nothing all that great. http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1808 That guy who said his FRG-7700 was better than his Kenwood TS-450 must have had a very bad 450. BDK. Your right, on the 7700 and the 8800. they were nothing special, unless your a collector. the frog-7 was was a good radio in it's time. i have a high number 7 and the sears badged receiver in my collection. the 7 is still a fun receiver. and if you read the yahoo group, a bunch of them are still in use. our friend GH still uses one as his number one receiver. these days most people want an easy to use receiver- got to have a keypad and almost tune itself. even some don't like the palstar which doesn't have a keypad, but is still an up to date receiver. i'm not lazy, and tuning a good receiver is still fun to me. Drifter... |
Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
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says... BDK wrote: In article , says... BDK wrote: In article , says... UU86 YAESU FRG- 7 RCVR COMM ANALOG MAN,COLL.FILT,PHONES 469.95 GOOD WOW, that price is a tad steep. I bought two 7700's over the years for less than $300, and that was when they weren't 30 years old. No Collins filter, but still... http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/979 The 7 was an ok receiver, in it's price range, but nothing all that great. http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1808 That guy who said his FRG-7700 was better than his Kenwood TS-450 must have had a very bad 450. BDK. Your right, on the 7700 and the 8800. they were nothing special, unless your a collector. the frog-7 was was a good radio in it's time. i have a high number 7 and the sears badged receiver in my collection. the 7 is still a fun receiver. and if you read the yahoo group, a bunch of them are still in use. our friend GH still uses one as his number one receiver. these days most people want an easy to use receiver- got to have a keypad and almost tune itself. even some don't like the palstar which doesn't have a keypad, but is still an up to date receiver. i'm not lazy, and tuning a good receiver is still fun to me. Drifter... I like the old ones too. I have a modded to ridiculous levels Hammarlund HQ-100 that, except for stability in SSB mode (It has a product detector added to it) is the equal of anything under about $1000 new I have put against it. It sounds great running into a RS Minimus-7 speaker. It also makes a great space heater in this coldest room in the house. Got it for a whopping $58 on Ebay long ago. All I had to do to get it going was resolder a wire. A couple years ago, I had to put a couple of tubes in it, but that's it. I bought a Allied SX-190 SW receiver that I have been playing with, trying to find and fix the cause of a sensitivity issue on all bands except the 9MHZ one. That one is sensitive to the point of overload. I will get going on it again one of these days, it's got to be something simple, as the radio works fine, except for being deaf on most bands. In the newer easy to use rig dept, my JRC NRD-515, is my main reciever, with a modded NRD-525, and Kenwood TS850 are fun too. -- BDK BDK Klan leader? kOOk Magnet! NJJ CLUB #1 Shillmaster |
Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
BDK wrote:
BDK. Your right, on the 7700 and the 8800. they were nothing special, unless your a collector. the frog-7 was was a good radio in it's time. i have a high number 7 and the sears badged receiver in my collection. the 7 is still a fun receiver. and if you read the yahoo group, a bunch of them are still in use. our friend GH still uses one as his number one receiver. these days most people want an easy to use receiver- got to have a keypad and almost tune itself. even some don't like the palstar which doesn't have a keypad, but is still an up to date receiver. i'm not lazy, and tuning a good receiver is still fun to me. Drifter... I like the old ones too. I have a modded to ridiculous levels Hammarlund HQ-100 that, except for stability in SSB mode (It has a product detector added to it) is the equal of anything under about $1000 new I have put against it. It sounds great running into a RS Minimus-7 speaker. It also makes a great space heater in this coldest room in the house. Got it for a whopping $58 on Ebay long ago. All I had to do to get it going was resolder a wire. A couple years ago, I had to put a couple of tubes in it, but that's it. I bought a Allied SX-190 SW receiver that I have been playing with, trying to find and fix the cause of a sensitivity issue on all bands except the 9MHZ one. That one is sensitive to the point of overload. I will get going on it again one of these days, it's got to be something simple, as the radio works fine, except for being deaf on most bands. In the newer easy to use rig dept, my JRC NRD-515, is my main reciever, with a modded NRD-525, and Kenwood TS850 are fun too. BDK, vary cool. had an SX-190 many moons ago, wish i still had it. the NRD-515 is one of my all time favorites. great rig, been trying for about 3 years to get my hands on the keypad and junction box for mine. sounds like you got yourself a great line up there. that Hammar should be a great winter project. Drifter... |
Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
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Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
BDK wrote:
In article , says... I passed on the keypad about 5 times over the years. I should have grabbed up the new one Universal had in the used stuff just after the 525 came out, and people traded their 515's in on them. I can't remember what they wanted, but I thought it was way too high. The next couple had minor scratches and I passed on them too. The next two were so insanely priced, I just couldn't pull the trigger. It's hard to believe I've had my 515 for almost 25 years, and it's almost 30 years old. But, the 515 feels like a real radio. this one has been here, i guess about 15+ years. never missed a beat. bunch of people complain about the sound, i run the JRC's with the old radio shack 7 speakers. when RS dumped them, i got my hands on 6 of them. great speaker for any radio. BTW, the price is still high. an NVA-515 just went $550. on e-screw last week. universal has a 515 and the 98 ch mem unit for $1550. i don't need another JRC. Drifter... |
Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
In article ,
says... BDK wrote: In article , says... I passed on the keypad about 5 times over the years. I should have grabbed up the new one Universal had in the used stuff just after the 525 came out, and people traded their 515's in on them. I can't remember what they wanted, but I thought it was way too high. The next couple had minor scratches and I passed on them too. The next two were so insanely priced, I just couldn't pull the trigger. It's hard to believe I've had my 515 for almost 25 years, and it's almost 30 years old. But, the 515 feels like a real radio. this one has been here, i guess about 15+ years. never missed a beat. bunch of people complain about the sound, i run the JRC's with the old radio shack 7 speakers. when RS dumped them, i got my hands on 6 of them. great speaker for any radio. BTW, the price is still high. an NVA-515 just went $550. on e-screw last week. universal has a 515 and the 98 ch mem unit for $1550. i don't need another JRC. Drifter... Mine has had a few problems, the most annoying of was due to the damn crimped interconnects. I finally soldered them on and put deoxit on all the plugs and it permanently cured it. I had a couple of bad solder joints over the years, on the PS and one of the ribbon cable plugs. The NVA-515 is a pretty worthless speaker, IMO, I got it just to have the "set". I have a second one I bought at a hamfest, it's had the actual speaker replaced with a really nice sounding speaker that sounds very good, especially running off the line out, through a small car amp. I hope I don't have to get too desperate money wise, and have to sell one or more of my toys.. -- BDK BDK Klan leader? kOOk Magnet! NJJ CLUB #1 Shillmaster |
Universal has a Frog 7 w/Collins filter
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