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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:57:38 -0700, extra class wrote:

Too Pricey for 20 year old technology

They make cool looking front panels. Very basic. Almost like a student
radio.

Get a netbook and a USB dongle sound card and a wideband black box
running some kind of SDR. You can use any skin you like.

And it still wouldn't be half as pleasant to use as the most un-
ergonomic radio JRC ever made. Nothing compares, IMHO to the layout and
feel of JRC stuff..
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:12:38 -0400, BDK wrote:


And it still wouldn't be half as pleasant to use as the most un-
ergonomic radio JRC ever made. Nothing compares, IMHO to the layout and
feel of JRC stuff..

I suppose. I go for performance these days, the ionosphere being what it
is. I have left a trail of good feeling radios too heavy or too bulky to
pack. If I was buying a radio for cool knobs I'd probably go for a 51s-1.
Nobody around here has more experience on big knob Collins **** than I
do. I got a lot of that out of my system as a radio teen.

I sure as hell am not going to spend $1,900 on a radio without a USB or a
232 port.

ditto

dave wrote:

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:57:38 -0700, extra class wrote:

Too Pricey for 20 year old technology

They make cool looking front panels. Very basic. Almost like a student
radio.

Get a netbook and a USB dongle sound card and a wideband black box
running some kind of SDR. You can use any skin you like.

Rickmers, did your dongle get cut off?

Sure seems like it, as you are a dumbass 'tard girl!

In article ,
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Too Pricey for 20 year old technology

It is overpriced, but it's a great radio.

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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.

In article 6dd3ffb3-cf31-4859-8da7-ec1de50d3525
@g31g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says...

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.

Exactly!

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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.

On 9/19/11 17:54 , dxAce wrote:


DEFCON 88 wrote:

On Sep 19, 6:47 am, 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.



Probably not in some individual subsystems or components. But
overall...they're about the same.

Kind of like the difference between R71, and R5000. The ICOM and
Kenwood had different strengths, different weaknesses, but were,
when all was said and done, equivalent products.

"D. Peter Maus" wrote:

On 9/19/11 17:54 , dxAce wrote:


DEFCON 88 wrote:

On Sep 19, 6:47 am, 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.



Probably not in some individual subsystems or components. But
overall...they're about the same.

Kind of like the difference between R71, and R5000. The ICOM and
Kenwood had different strengths, different weaknesses, but were,
when all was said and done, equivalent products.

I had a R-5000 for a few years, always liked the audio on it. It was/is more
flexible than the R7, but overall, if I had to choose, I'd take the R7 just
for its flexibility and IF shift, and, for its IF notch filter versus an audio
notch.

I still like the Sherwood 3 kHz filter that I have in the R7.

When I got back into DX'ing in 81-82 I really liked the Yaesu FRG-7700 which
opened up a whole new world. digital readout, park on the frequency and they
were either there or not. That, and the recording/timer function and I could
listen while I was sleeping.

Got my first R7 in 1984 or so, and the R5000 around '89 or '90 if I recall.
And when the R8 came out I got that in '91.

Great times!