On 3/8/10 10:34 , bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 8, 8:26 am, "D. Peter
wrote:
On 3/8/10 10:07 , bpnjensen wrote:





On Mar 8, 7:48 am, "D. Peter
wrote:
On 3/8/10 09:20 , bpnjensen wrote:

On Mar 8, 6:20 am, wrote:
You believe because you've dropped the big bucks and WANT to believe.
But most of it is hype and the EIA has done a superb job of convincing
consumers how badly they need the new whistles and bells. There is
very little difference between the propaganda used today by the drug
companies to sell
their nonsense snake oil ("restless legs syndrome," etc) and that which the
has come
from manufacturers of modern day radios.

Save your money, pick up a cheap older rig and you'll enjoy it as much as
(if not more than)
the rigs filled with rarely used features and performance specifications
that are
patently unnecessary.

And while I am at it, my quote was that "MOST" can discern the difference
in 100 cycles. I didn't say ALL. This group seems include many Doberman
pinschers
with keen hearing.

What a bunch of nitpicky old ladies
are on here.

Clive, I have an Icom R75, and although some will diss this radio, I
can tell I enjoy the "bells and whistles" a great deal. The stability
and crispness of the signal (both driftwise and in terms of AGC and S-
AM) that can be achieved with this radio is quite nice.

Did you get the crystal oven on that one?

The S-AM on
this set is only so-so, from what I understand - I would love to hear
what the really good S-AM (on a more recent Drake, for example) sounds
like.

I've got sync on my Drakes, Lowe Ten-Tec and AOR. The difference
is in the distortion during fades. There's less of it. The fades are
still there, but the audio doesn't shatter.

If you know what you're listening for, it's a big difference. If
not, it's not that big a deal.

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Thanks, Peter - well, that's about what I thought - the Kiwa-modified
S-AM on the R75 definitely helps soften the blow of the fades (the
distortion disappears for all practical purposes), and the AGC when
the RF Gain is turned back a wee bit fills in and remedies all but the
deepest fades. I just figured the Drake/AOR/etc. did it better. Not
having ever heard one in person (NOBODY sells or demos them around
this metropolis), I just don't know for sure. In fact, you can't find
any shortwave receiver sales at all anymore except the usual lowball
Etons at RS. HRO has nothing but tranceivers anymore.

Bruce

It's no better, here. I have to go to a hamfest and look at mfr's
rep booths to see, or to play with anything new. I bought my more
recent receivers unheard, based on recommendations of users, and
reviewers at RNW.

Although the R8A I bought at a model train show. It was in like
new condition. Not a mark on it. It still smelled like fresh circuit
boards when I opened the box.

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Model trains! Me too! :-D All I need is room for a RR...enough for a
Challenger to hi-ball across the Utah desert...


Yeah......um....my trains are a little smaller than that.

On Mar 8, 8:42*am, "D. Peter Maus"
wrote:
On 3/8/10 10:34 , bpnjensen wrote:

Model trains! *Me too! :-D *All I need is room for a RR...enough for a
Challenger to hi-ball across the Utah desert...

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I was thinking of an HO-scale Challenger racing across a 30-foot strip
of Red Rock - maybe you like N or Z?

On 3/8/10 11:19 , bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 8, 8:42 am, "D. Peter
wrote:
On 3/8/10 10:34 , bpnjensen wrote:

Model trains! Me too! :-D All I need is room for a RR...enough for a
Challenger to hi-ball across the Utah desert...

Yeah......um....my trains are a little smaller than that.- Hide quoted text -

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I was thinking of an HO-scale Challenger racing across a 30-foot strip
of Red Rock - maybe you like N or Z?

I've started playing with N.

58 year old eyes find N a bit of a challenge, these days.

A couple of my old buddies are Train nuts.They own a lot of old Railroad
related thingys, including some Fairmont Speeders too.Wayyyy back in the
olden days/many years ago, Ford built at least one ''Speeder''.

Watchinnn WLBT 12:00 PM tv news,,, a hand grenade was found in a trash
bag in a waste management garbage truck.Last week, there was an accident
in the Jackson area, a garbage truck had turned over, I-20 lanes were
closed down for a few hours.Cleanup on I-20!
cuhulin