"Peter Breslin" wrote in message
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Hello. I need help from the group. I'm looking to purchase a semi
high end radio and have about $1000 to spend.

Save yourself from spending $1000 on a shortwave radio.

Doing such would be a VERY foolish thing to do.
There is simply **not** a SW radio I know of that is worth that
kind of mobey - period.

Get yourself a Tecsun digital SW and it will do all you
need it to do for under $100. (see links below)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5517 227&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5417 084&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...5828 748&rd=1

martybeansuc wrote:

"Peter Breslin" wrote in message
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Hello. I need help from the group. I'm looking to purchase a semi
high end radio and have about $1000 to spend.

Save yourself from spending $1000 on a shortwave radio.

Doing such would be a VERY foolish thing to do.
There is simply **not** a SW radio I know of that is worth that
kind of mobey - period.

There are certainly very many of us who would disagree with you!

We're willing to spend our 'mobey' for performance.

dxAce

I agree. The money I spent on my R8B last year was well worth the
performance.

"dxAce" wrote in message
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martybeansuc wrote:

"Peter Breslin" wrote in message
news
Hello. I need help from the group. I'm looking to purchase a semi
high end radio and have about $1000 to spend.

Save yourself from spending $1000 on a shortwave radio.

Doing such would be a VERY foolish thing to do.
There is simply **not** a SW radio I know of that is worth that
kind of mobey - period.

There are certainly very many of us who would disagree with you!

We're willing to spend our 'mobey' for performance.

dxAce

"martybeansuc" wrote in message
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"Peter Breslin" wrote in message
news
Hello. I need help from the group. I'm looking to purchase a
semi
high end radio and have about $1000 to spend.

Save yourself from spending $1000 on a shortwave radio.

Doing such would be a VERY foolish thing to do.
There is simply **not** a SW radio I know of that is worth that
kind of mobey - period.

Get yourself a Tecsun digital SW and it will do all you
need it to do for under $100. (see links below)


Meaning no disrespect to the Tecsun, how is it that someone who I have
no recollection of ever having posted here before has such a
definitive view on the value of higher end radios? I'd like to know
since I've been saving for 2 years for a used Drake R8 and presently
have $96.12 in various coins, mostly pennies. Am I wasting my time?

"T. Early" wrote in message
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"martybeansuc" wrote in message
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"Peter Breslin" wrote in message
news
Hello. I need help from the group. I'm looking to purchase a
semi
high end radio and have about $1000 to spend.

Save yourself from spending $1000 on a shortwave radio.

Doing such would be a VERY foolish thing to do.
There is simply **not** a SW radio I know of that is worth that
kind of mobey - period.

Get yourself a Tecsun digital SW and it will do all you
need it to do for under $100. (see links below)


Meaning no disrespect to the Tecsun, how is it that someone who I have
no recollection of ever having posted here before has such a
definitive view on the value of higher end radios? I'd like to know
since I've been saving for 2 years for a used Drake R8 and presently
have $96.12 in various coins, mostly pennies. Am I wasting my time?



It also takes talent to operate a high end radio properly and once you learn
to tweak the controls right the experienced listener knows were that extra
money went. I've always been a DX hound and utility listener and no Tecsun
is going to cut it for my needs.


--
73 and good DXing.
Brian
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire!
Zumbrota, Southern MN
Brian's Radio Universe
http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/

T. Early wrote:

Meaning no disrespect to the Tecsun, how is it that someone who I have
no recollection of ever having posted here before has such a
definitive view on the value of higher end radios? I'd like to know
since I've been saving for 2 years for a used Drake R8 and presently
have $96.12 in various coins, mostly pennies. Am I wasting my time?


Imperialist swine! I have but seventy *Canadian* dollars saved during
TWENTY years of constant self deprivation. If you, as the running pig
dog of the Kapitalist scourge, would stop playing mit das currency, I
could be saving schneller. I pray the Radio Shack still has that dx-150
in stock...it's been a while since I looked as it's a long walk into the
next larger town.





mike