dxAce wrote:



BDK wrote:

In article ,
says...


Brian Hill wrote:

I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they
were
under $1000.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...88627 41&rd=1



I can never figure out why the R7A's go for so much when the R7 sells for
much less.

They are the same radio! The ONLY difference was that in the R7A some
accessory's
came as standard.

I'll be keeping my R7.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Wasn't the R7A supposed to be more stable?? I thought
that was the main difference. My friend's R7 took a long
time to settle down when first turned on...

Not that I've ever heard. The only real difference was the fact that the R7A
came with the NB7A noise blanker as standard, along with the 500 khz filter,
and there was a wire jumper across the filter board giving '9 kHz'
selectivity.

If there was any slight stability enhancement it would have been minor, and
easily retro-fitted. I've never seen anything pertaining to that.

Yes, they do drift a bit up to warm-up... but that is what a tuning knob is
for!

I've taken to running my R7 from a seperate 12 volt supply, which cuts down on
internal heating, by the way.



Listening to BBC 15190 at the moment on my R7 with 8 kHz filter in place.

dxAce
Michigan
USA