On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:14:13 -0500, "T. Early"
wrote:

It's been a couple of weeks now since several people scored these
radios at a cheap price. I'm surprised more haven't shown up on eBay,
although a couple have. This guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051

actually bought a couple from someone else for about $290 and is now
trying to resell at least

For others who bought them, what's your impression? While I love what
they did in terms of miniaturization, I have to say I'm not knocked
out by the performance. It's decent, but I don't think it's two bills
(retail) better than a 7600GR.


Why would someone buy a SW07 on EBAY for 290 and then start a new
auction with a base price of 270? Seems a little risky to me just to
make what could only be a few dollars for a lot of trouble. Any
ideas?

"Ken Thomas" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:14:13 -0500, "T. Early"
wrote:

It's been a couple of weeks now since several people scored these
radios at a cheap price. I'm surprised more haven't shown up on
eBay,
although a couple have. This guy:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...205163&categor
y=15051

actually bought a couple from someone else for about $290 and is
now
trying to resell at least

For others who bought them, what's your impression? While I love
what
they did in terms of miniaturization, I have to say I'm not knocked
out by the performance. It's decent, but I don't think it's two
bills
(retail) better than a 7600GR.


Why would someone buy a SW07 on EBAY for 290 and then start a new
auction with a base price of 270? Seems a little risky to me just
to
make what could only be a few dollars for a lot of trouble. Any
ideas?


IMO, that just eBay. The person does sell quite a few radios, and my
guess is he expects to turn this one over for at least some profit.
If you read his blurb (the one that says there are 3,000 memories!),
he seems to be implying that there's some value added in him having
"checked out" the unit.(?) We'll see if he misjudged the demand, but
he can always sit on it for a better time I suppose.

I'll check it out when I receive it. I have
a 2010 but I'm not so crazy about it. The
sync detector is cool enough, but it seems to me
if the stock filters were better you wouldn't have
to depend on it as much. And the FM sucks,
at least on mine.

Oz

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:23:17 +0000, Ron Hardin wrote:

How does the SW07 synch detection compare to the 2010?

My SW100's is markedly inferior to the 2010 though better than the 7600G[R].

The test is what happens on weak signals. The 7600G generates noise and
howls; the 2010's discreetly turns itself off and you don't notice it.

"T. Early" wrote:

It's been a couple of weeks now since several people scored these
radios at a cheap price. I'm surprised more haven't shown up on eBay,
although a couple have. This guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051

actually bought a couple from someone else for about $290 and is now
trying to resell at least

For others who bought them, what's your impression? While I love what
they did in terms of miniaturization, I have to say I'm not knocked
out by the performance. It's decent, but I don't think it's two bills
(retail) better than a 7600GR.



I bought one of the SW07's.

The basic radio will fit the breast pocket of my car coat, and
it would fit the side pockets of a suit jacket, but I don't think Carson
would approve of the resulting radio bulge.

If you want to do more than casual listening to the major broadcasters, it's not as small as you might think because you'll want to take along the external loop antenna, and it's roughly twice as big as the radio itself.

The AC adapter is also larger than the radio.

Keeping the minimum system pocket sized resulted in compromises.

As others have noted, the speaker doesn't sound bad when you consider how small it is. It sounds nice if I feed it into my Tivoli Pal - but with it the ultra portable is becoming larger than some small tabletops.

It doesn't have a signal strength meter - presumably they could have put one on the LCD display.

The factory filters don't seem bad, but I'd rather have a choice.

The limited real estate for controls means you aren't likely to reach over and casually make changes - you need to look.

So it scores well as a gee whiz gadget, and performance seems pretty good with the Loop antenna, but if I was looking for something smaller than my 7030 system (about the size of a 5" attaché case with the custom cabinet that holds it's battery packs,
charger and the avantek preamp) I'd go for a Lowe HF-150 or a Palstar before I'd pay retail for this.

I'll probably use my sw07 for carry on because the 7030 system seems to be a little too interesting to the security folks at the airport. But I'll still be bringing the 7030 system on camping trips and most vacations -
even if it means shipping it ahead of time.

Regards,

Mark

KT,

It's Called Trying to Time the Market.
(Trying to Buy Low -&- Trying to Sell High -&- Trying to Make a Buck !)

A Few Can Make A Double DEAL and Claim Great Success !

Most simply 'lose-their-money' and "Profit Others".

Great Fun... If You Are A Gambler !

jm2cw ~ RHF
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 11:14:13 -0500, "T. Early"
wrote:

It's been a couple of weeks now since several people scored these
radios at a cheap price. I'm surprised more haven't shown up on eBay,
although a couple have. This guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051

actually bought a couple from someone else for about $290 and is now
trying to resell at least

For others who bought them, what's your impression? While I love what
they did in terms of miniaturization, I have to say I'm not knocked
out by the performance. It's decent, but I don't think it's two bills
(retail) better than a 7600GR.


Why would someone buy a SW07 on EBAY for 290 and then start a new
auction with a base price of 270? Seems a little risky to me just to
make what could only be a few dollars for a lot of trouble. Any
ideas?

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:16:02 +0000, Larry Ozarow wrote:

I'll check it out when I receive it.

Sync works fine on the SW07. No howling. Doesn't shut
itself off, but it's not a nuisance. Works nicely
when lock is achieved.

It's a nice radio. A lot of digital hash so weak signals
seem to get lost, but very good when conditions are good
and signals are stronger.

Oz