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What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
Hi, I have a Drake R8, still works, had it a long time. I've searched around some and have not seen any shortwaves out there that have all the features this old tank has. Does anybody know what is comparable to the R8 ? If you have not used one of these here are a few features... filters .5, 1.8, 2.3, 4, 6 khz cw,rtty,lsb,usb,am,fm AM syncro audio tone & notch squelch, passband tuning 10, 100, 1000 hz digital AGC fast,slow on off timer dual antenna auto scan 100 memory thx Harry |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
On Oct 4, 4:24*am, no name no spam
wrote: Hi, I have a Drake R8, still works, had it a long time. I've searched around some and have not seen any shortwaves out there that have all the features this old tank has. Does anybody know what is comparable to the R8 ? If you have not used one of these here are a few features... filters .5, 1.8, 2.3, 4, 6 khz cw,rtty,lsb,usb,am,fm AM syncro audio tone & notch squelch, passband tuning 10, 100, 1000 hz digital AGC fast,slow on off timer dual antenna auto scan 100 memory thx Harry Hava a look at an Icom IC-7200. It's a third generation DSP receiver and works just champion, at a great price too. It's several miles ahead of the old R8. John Plimmer, Montagu, Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s Icom IC-7600, Perseus SDR ERGO software Drake SW8. Sangean 803A, Redsun RP2100 Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Grundig G8, Eton E100 Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop. http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
John Plimmer wrote:
Hava a look at an Icom IC-7200. It's a third generation DSP receiver and works just champion, at a great price too. It's several miles ahead of the old R8. If you are talking about ham transceivers then the market is wide open. The new Ten-Tec Eagle is a real contender, although it is close to the price of an R8 or Kenwood R-5000 when they were new. That's a lot of money these days. Don't be fooled by the spec that there is "degraded performance" outside the ham bands. Even with the degraded performance, as it were, it's still quite a good receiver. Note the manual is unclear, you don't need to have the add-on AM or FM filters for recepetion, only if you want to transmit using those modes. The ICOM IC-706 is a good one too, especially if you get the latest version with all the DSP features. It's not much more than half the price of the Ten-Tec and Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must order dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are forbidden to eat it. :-) |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
no name no spam wrote:
Hi, I have a Drake R8, still works, had it a long time. I've searched around some and have not seen any shortwaves out there that have all the features this old tank has. Does anybody know what is comparable to the R8 ? If you have not used one of these here are a few features... filters .5, 1.8, 2.3, 4, 6 khz cw,rtty,lsb,usb,am,fm AM syncro audio tone& notch squelch, passband tuning 10, 100, 1000 hz digital AGC fast,slow on off timer dual antenna auto scan 100 memory thx Harry This has all the features you list and way more. About $2,000 will get you a radio better than a TenTec RX340; better than a WJ-1000, and 20 years better than an R8. You can save a couple bills by putting it together yourself. http://www.elecraft.com/ http://www.sherweng.com/table.html http://www.elecraft.com/ |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
John Plimmer wrote: Hava a look at an Icom IC-7200. It's a third generation DSP receiver and works just champion, at a great price too. It's several miles ahead of the old R8. If you are talking about ham transceivers then the market is wide open. The new Ten-Tec Eagle is a real contender, although it is close to the price of an R8 or Kenwood R-5000 when they were new. That's a lot of money these days. Don't be fooled by the spec that there is "degraded performance" outside the ham bands. Even with the degraded performance, as it were, it's still quite a good receiver. Note the manual is unclear, you don't need to have the add-on AM or FM filters for recepetion, only if you want to transmit using those modes. A ham-bands centric receiver with an 8 or 9 MHz I.F. can receive HFBC frequencies, but with varying degrees of degraded performance due to the bandpass filtering in the front end. Elecraft offers an optional set of General Coverage bandpass filters which are automatically switched into the signal path when scanning outside the ham bands. The TenTec doesn't offer that option at first glance. I don't work at Elecraft, just supporting a home-grown business a few miles up the El Camino Real (aka US Rt 101) who happens to build the best receiver anywhere at any price. It is a tiny company run by a handful of people serving a fiercely obsessed niche market. Good example for the kids. http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=151448 http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6673 |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:24:29 -0500, no name no spam
wrote: Hi, I have a Drake R8, still works, had it a long time. I've searched around some and have not seen any shortwaves out there that have all the features this old tank has. Does anybody know what is comparable to the R8 ? If you have not used one of these here are a few features... filters .5, 1.8, 2.3, 4, 6 khz cw,rtty,lsb,usb,am,fm AM syncro audio tone & notch squelch, passband tuning 10, 100, 1000 hz digital AGC fast,slow on off timer dual antenna auto scan 100 memory thx Harry There is a "new" R-8 coming soon! http://translate.google.com/translat...%3Den%26sa%3DG Jim |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
On Oct 4, 1:50*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:24:29 -0500, no name no spam wrote: Hi, I have a Drake R8, still works, had it a long time. I've searched around some and have not seen any shortwaves out there that have all the features this old tank has. Does anybody know what is comparable to the R8 ? If you have not used one of these here are a few features... filters .5, 1.8, 2.3, 4, 6 khz cw,rtty,lsb,usb,am,fm AM syncro audio tone & notch squelch, passband tuning 10, 100, 1000 hz digital AGC fast,slow on off timer dual antenna auto scan 100 memory thx Harry There is a "new" R-8 coming soon! http://translate.google.com/translat...p://www.alinco... Jim ¥59,800 Japanese Yen is about $720USD :o) |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
On Oct 4, 12:24*am, no name no spam
wrote: Hi, I have a Drake R8, still works, had it a long time. I've searched around some and have not seen any shortwaves out there that have all the features this old tank has. Does anybody know what is comparable to the R8 ? If you have not used one of these here are a few features... filters .5, 1.8, 2.3, 4, 6 khz cw,rtty,lsb,usb,am,fm AM syncro audio tone & notch squelch, passband tuning 10, 100, 1000 hz digital AGC fast,slow on off timer dual antenna auto scan 100 memory thx Harry If I were you, I'd keep the R8 and put some thought into upgrading your antenna. We can pick nits about which receiver is best, about which one will let you ID 1000 instead of 999 DX stations; but the antenna is where the action is. |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 00:05:06 -0700 (PDT), John Plimmer
wrote: On Oct 4, 4:24*am, no name no spam wrote: Hi, I have a Drake R8, still works, had it a long time. I've searched around some and have not seen any shortwaves out there that have all the features this old tank has. Does anybody know what is comparable to the R8 ? If you have not used one of these here are a few features... filters .5, 1.8, 2.3, 4, 6 khz cw,rtty,lsb,usb,am,fm AM syncro audio tone & notch squelch, passband tuning 10, 100, 1000 hz digital AGC fast,slow on off timer dual antenna auto scan 100 memory thx Harry Hava a look at an Icom IC-7200. It's a third generation DSP receiver and works just champion, at a great price too. It's several miles ahead of the old R8. John Plimmer, Montagu, Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s Icom IC-7600, Perseus SDR ERGO software Drake SW8. Sangean 803A, Redsun RP2100 Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Grundig G8, Eton E100 Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop. http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx I don't think that model has synch detection. Still a good deal. Jim |
What new radio is comparable to a Drake R8 ?
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