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Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:51:40 -0400, BDK wrote:
In article , says... On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:05:51 -0400, dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: BDK wrote: In article , says... DEFCON 88 wrote: On Sep 19, 6:47 am, dxAce wrote: http://www.universal-radio.com/used/used2.html Pricey dxAce Michigan USA DROOL! Now THAT'S the look and layout of a REAL RADIO. None of this damn bumping-through-the-microprocessor-menu crap. Kind of like my R7 in a way, but most likely not the same build quality. Much better, actually. The R7 is a great radio, but it's a tin box compared to that JRC and almost any JRC radio ever made. I briefly had a NRD-515 with the NCM-515 frequency and NDH-515 memory unit that I picked up via the 'Ham Trader Yellow Sheets' (some might remember that) for a song. Split the set up and resold it. That had to have been pre-1994. I think I paid something like $750 for the lot at the time. This is the best of the "student" class radios, IMHO. If you're going to latch onto an antique that you plan to use, at least get one that smells good and glows. Get one with a little warmth to the audio. http://www.collinsradio.org/html/51s-1.html I just didn't care for the audio on the JRC's. LOL, calling a high end reciever "sudent class" is hilarious. JRC made a some tube sets too, if you're really into heating up your room. I have a Hammarlund HQ-100 that's been modded to insane levels and I leave it on all Winter, just to keep the room tolerable. Steve mentioned the R7, a classic student radio. A student radio has only basic controls, that conform to teaching textbooks. That radio was expensive and built like a tank, but not high-end performing. That would require a RACAL or a TenTec or a Watkins-Johnson or a Harris from that era. But those radios all have complicated front panels for advanced users. Radios like the JRC are built for ham fisted sailors, not listening posts. |
Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
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Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
dave wrote: On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:51:40 -0400, BDK wrote: In article , says... On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:05:51 -0400, dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: BDK wrote: In article , says... DEFCON 88 wrote: On Sep 19, 6:47 am, dxAce wrote: http://www.universal-radio.com/used/used2.html Pricey dxAce Michigan USA DROOL! Now THAT'S the look and layout of a REAL RADIO. None of this damn bumping-through-the-microprocessor-menu crap. Kind of like my R7 in a way, but most likely not the same build quality. Much better, actually. The R7 is a great radio, but it's a tin box compared to that JRC and almost any JRC radio ever made. I briefly had a NRD-515 with the NCM-515 frequency and NDH-515 memory unit that I picked up via the 'Ham Trader Yellow Sheets' (some might remember that) for a song. Split the set up and resold it. That had to have been pre-1994. I think I paid something like $750 for the lot at the time. This is the best of the "student" class radios, IMHO. If you're going to latch onto an antique that you plan to use, at least get one that smells good and glows. Get one with a little warmth to the audio. http://www.collinsradio.org/html/51s-1.html I just didn't care for the audio on the JRC's. LOL, calling a high end reciever "sudent class" is hilarious. JRC made a some tube sets too, if you're really into heating up your room. I have a Hammarlund HQ-100 that's been modded to insane levels and I leave it on all Winter, just to keep the room tolerable. Steve mentioned the R7, a classic student radio. A student radio has only basic controls, that conform to teaching textbooks. That radio was expensive and built like a tank, but not high-end performing. That would require a RACAL or a TenTec or a Watkins-Johnson or a Harris from that era. But those radios all have complicated front panels for advanced users. Radios like the JRC are built for ham fisted sailors, not listening posts. Rickmers, I've been able to do a lot with my "student" radios! |
Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
dxAce wrote:
Rickmers, I've been able to do a lot with my "student" radios! The R7 (and the companion TR7) were designed in a different day. There were lots of stations to receive, and almost no noise. Someone on the east coast of the US could get BBC, Radio Moscow, CHU, WWV, and a few other stations by attaching a 1 foot wire to the back of the radio. On a good day, you coud receive stations from (eastern) Asia and Australia, South America and Africa. If you had an outside antenna of almost any size, (1m or longer), you could receive them almost all the time. Not the same stations all day, but the except for the BBC and Radio Moscow, they were scheduled to only be on during best propigation hours. The BBC and Radio Moscow were on 24/7. It was also still the time when a wide skirt filter was desired for AM, so that you would get pleasant sounding broadcasts. You did not need a narrow skirt, or for that matter a narrow passband filter. The the late 1980's and early 1990's came around and you needed as sharp a filter as you could get for Shortwave listening. Forget about audio quality and ease of listening. Yes, I have ignored CW and SSB, but that's a whole different topic and not very important to the average 1970's listener they were not important. In those days people still listened to SWBC for news and entertainment. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM Making your enemy reliant on software you support is the best revenge. |
Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
On Sep 20, 7:34*am, dave wrote:
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:59:56 -0700, DEFCON 88 wrote: On Sep 19, 6:47*am, dxAce wrote: http://www.universal-radio.com/used/used2.html Pricey dxAce Michigan USA DROOL! Now THAT'S the look and layout of a REAL RADIO. None of this damn bumping-through-the-microprocessor-menu crap. A real deaf radio. Thanks for the support. Look, you go right ahead and enjoy your SDRs. Those of us who like radios in a big box with knobs will enjoy ours. Relax, it's just a hobby! |
Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:25:49 -0700, DEFCON 88 wrote:
On Sep 20, 7:34Â*am, dave wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:59:56 -0700, DEFCON 88 wrote: On Sep 19, 6:47Â*am, dxAce wrote: http://www.universal-radio.com/used/used2.html Pricey dxAce Michigan USA DROOL! Now THAT'S the look and layout of a REAL RADIO. None of this damn bumping-through-the-microprocessor-menu crap. A real deaf radio. Thanks for the support. Look, you go right ahead and enjoy your SDRs. Those of us who like radios in a big box with knobs will enjoy ours. Relax, it's just a hobby! I have a radio that has a conventional RF path and an SDR I.F; I consider it the best of both worlds. It has every knob that's on the JRC (times 2, on some parameters because I can add a second receiver and there are concentric controls for RF and AF Gain.) FWIW, my crystal filters are identical to the ones JRC uses! |
Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
In article ,
says... On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:25:49 -0700, DEFCON 88 wrote: On Sep 20, 7:34*am, dave wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:59:56 -0700, DEFCON 88 wrote: On Sep 19, 6:47*am, dxAce wrote: http://www.universal-radio.com/used/used2.html Pricey dxAce Michigan USA DROOL! Now THAT'S the look and layout of a REAL RADIO. None of this damn bumping-through-the-microprocessor-menu crap. A real deaf radio. Thanks for the support. Look, you go right ahead and enjoy your SDRs. Those of us who like radios in a big box with knobs will enjoy ours. Relax, it's just a hobby! I have a radio that has a conventional RF path and an SDR I.F; I consider it the best of both worlds. It has every knob that's on the JRC (times 2, on some parameters because I can add a second receiver and there are concentric controls for RF and AF Gain.) FWIW, my crystal filters are identical to the ones JRC uses! But do the knobs actually exist, or are they just on your PC's monitor? Light years different. -- BDK- Top of the government shill heap for over 10 years running! |
Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:59:08 -0400, BDK wrote:
But do the knobs actually exist, or are they just on your PC's monitor? Light years different. I have two radios right here. They both have giant dimpled knobs. Both knobs have adjustable "drag" in fact. The computer generates the text and helps me log. I'm constantly tweaking real knobs while chasing faint traces on the waterfall. |
Japan Radio Co. NRD-92M
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