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$400 to spend. What receiver should I buy?
Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but
want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed |
www.universal-radio.com has a nice Ten-Tec radio for $328.95.And you
would have some money left over which you could send to me. cuhulin |
When I clicked on your post I was going to suggest the "800" Grundig.
You had one, and got rid of it. Now, all I can think of is to buy it back. Darren http://community-2.webtv.net/DEMEM/L...mes/page2.html |
"Ed Maikranz" wrote in message om... Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed I picked up my Icom R75 at HRO for just over what you are looking to pay, I think $425, and I've been very pleased with it. They run sales and offer discounts every so often on it, you'll have to check with them. Aside from that, you may want to look around on ebay for used Drake models; this is the only one I see there presently: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...em=5735062 36 4&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW, but they come and go pretty regularly. Good luck. -Brian |
wrote in message ... www.universal-radio.com has a nice Ten-Tec radio for $328.95.And you would have some money left over which you could send to me. cuhulin Yes go to HRO or your local Icom dealer They usually have deals on Saturdays. You have to write them and ask. I paidd $425 for mine after rebate and deal. I think they can be had for $410 now after rebates and deal. If also comes with free DSP. Try finding that on a brand new top notch reciever for $400.... Lucky |
The ICOM IC-703 Amateur Radio Transceiver.
The receiver is much better that shortwave radios in this price range and it uses about 400ma in receive mode. Ham Radio Outlet has them on sale for $379. Good Luck, Mike N2MS "Ed Maikranz" wrote in message om... Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed |
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"Martyn" wrote in message http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...47088 91&rd=1 Go hawk your crap elsewhere Martyn. -- 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/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
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Ed Maikranz wrote:
Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Look for a used tabletop. You can get a 1980s vintage tabletop with digital readout and all the other goodies for a decent price. There's a site where hams buy and sell equipment, I think it's qrz.com or qsz.com or something like that, you'll probably get a much better deal on there than you will on ebay. You could probably get a Yaesu or a Kenwood for under $400, since those companies no longer make tabletop SW receivers their products have sort of an orphan status, which means their prices are lower. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
"Ed Maikranz" wrote in message om... Martyn wrote in message . .. On 30 Nov 2004 10:57:48 -0800, (Ed Maikranz) wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...47088 91&rd=1 What will I do with this? I heard on the news that some guy was ripping people off on Ebay. It looks like someone payed someone to pay him a visit. They picked up a couple junkies in the area and paid them to club the guy up pretty bad. Reports are even the police looked the other way on it. I guess its not too safe to rip people off and have them know exactly where the seller lives and what he does every day. Anything could happen.... Lucky |
Where'd you hear about this? Any links to the news story? Sounds like
someone got what they deserved. Thanks. I heard on the news that some guy was ripping people off on Ebay. It looks like someone payed someone to pay him a visit. They picked up a couple junkies in the area and paid them to club the guy up pretty bad. Reports are even the police looked the other way on it. I guess its not too safe to rip people off and have them know exactly where the seller lives and what he does every day. Anything could happen.... Lucky |
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2787 Look here. I think this is the one for me. Ed How about a review, anyone have the 703, how is the receiver? This might be the best deal going. Jim On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:26:15 -0500, "Michael St. Angelo" wrote: The ICOM IC-703 Amateur Radio Transceiver. The receiver is much better that shortwave radios in this price range and it uses about 400ma in receive mode. Ham Radio Outlet has them on sale for $379. Good Luck, Mike N2MS "Ed Maikranz" wrote in message . com... Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed |
Well the 800 was ok, but I dont like the portatop style of radio, I
want to go back to a tabletop. I miss my old Drake R4B |
QTH.com, QRZ.com. Look for classifieds on these pages. Patience will net
you a good deal on what you are looking for here. -- Dave, Kenwood TS-2000, Drake R-8, Grundig YB-400pe Icom V-8000, Yaesu VX5R, Uniden 780xlt, R.S. Pro 95, R.S. Pro 2066 G.E. SR3 "tommyknocker" wrote in message ... Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Look for a used tabletop. You can get a 1980s vintage tabletop with digital readout and all the other goodies for a decent price. There's a site where hams buy and sell equipment, I think it's qrz.com or qsz.com or something like that, you'll probably get a much better deal on there than you will on ebay. You could probably get a Yaesu or a Kenwood for under $400, since those companies no longer make tabletop SW receivers their products have sort of an orphan status, which means their prices are lower. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
RivaScoot wrote:
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Look for a used tabletop. You can get a 1980s vintage tabletop with digital readout and all the other goodies for a decent price. There's a site where hams buy and sell equipment, I think it's qrz.com or qsz.com or something like that, you'll probably get a much better deal on there than you will on ebay. You could probably get a Yaesu or a Kenwood for under $400, since those companies no longer make tabletop SW receivers their products have sort of an orphan status, which means their prices are lower. Just curious about something. Is a receiver that uses 20 or 25-year old technology still up to snuff for shortwave today. I'm not passing any value judgements, I'm simply curious. Thanks, RivaScoot If it was a great radio 20 or 25 years ago, it's probably still a great radio. It just won't have the latest bells and whistles. Here's a link to a web site that gives a basic "value rating" to about 100 of the more popular radios that turn up on the used market. http://www.dxing.com/rx/rxindex.htm |
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:06 -0500, RivaScoot
wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Purchase a computer radio. WinRadio 303i or e www.winradio.com You will love the versatility and performance. Have fun. And the price is right in your range. |
Mr Radio Man wrote:
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:06 -0500, RivaScoot wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Purchase a computer radio. WinRadio 303i or e www.winradio.com You will love the versatility and performance. Have fun. And the price is right in your range. The basic Winradio 303 (without the "professional" demodulator) runs $500 for the internal one, and $600 for the external one, so it's a little out of his target price range unless he can find one on sale. Personally, I'd avoid the internal ones - Ten or fifteen years from now, the radio itself should be working fine, but it may be tough to buy a new computer that'll accept a PCI card. My guess is USB ports and serial ports will be available for quite a few years - even if it means buying an optional card. A PC controlled radio that is in his price range is the tentec rx-320d. |
Sorry, I have to have switches and knobs!
Ed "Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... Mr Radio Man wrote: On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:06 -0500, RivaScoot wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Purchase a computer radio. WinRadio 303i or e www.winradio.com You will love the versatility and performance. Have fun. And the price is right in your range. The basic Winradio 303 (without the "professional" demodulator) runs $500 for the internal one, and $600 for the external one, so it's a little out of his target price range unless he can find one on sale. Personally, I'd avoid the internal ones - Ten or fifteen years from now, the radio itself should be working fine, but it may be tough to buy a new computer that'll accept a PCI card. My guess is USB ports and serial ports will be available for quite a few years - even if it means buying an optional card. A PC controlled radio that is in his price range is the tentec rx-320d. |
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:06 -0500, RivaScoot
wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Look for a used tabletop. You can get a 1980s vintage tabletop with digital readout and all the other goodies for a decent price. There's a site where hams buy and sell equipment, I think it's qrz.com or qsz.com or something like that, you'll probably get a much better deal on there than you will on ebay. You could probably get a Yaesu or a Kenwood for under $400, since those companies no longer make tabletop SW receivers their products have sort of an orphan status, which means their prices are lower. Just curious about something. Is a receiver that uses 20 or 25-year old technology still up to snuff for shortwave today. Other than synchronous detection (and a product detector can do just about everything a synchronous detector can do, but requires more effort), , DSP and ease of use issues, the performance has been limited by Atmospheric noise since probably the mid 1950's. Some of the relatively old Tube radios like the Collins S-Line, A-line, Drake 2 series, 4 series, and some of the Hammerlunds like the HQ180, are really at the performance limits for HF reception. They didn't have digital readouts, but once they warmed up, most were rock solid, and often had selectivity curves that stand up quite well even today. A 2B with a 2BQ could manage a 100hz Bandwidth without much trouble. The shape factor on the Collins Mechanical Filters (now called SAW filters) are about as good as it gets. I'm not passing any value judgements, I'm simply curious. Thanks, RivaScoot ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:55:17 -0500, "Mark S. Holden"
wrote: Mr Radio Man wrote: On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:06 -0500, RivaScoot wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Purchase a computer radio. WinRadio 303i or e www.winradio.com You will love the versatility and performance. Have fun. And the price is right in your range. The basic Winradio 303 (without the "professional" demodulator) runs $500 for the internal one, and $600 for the external one, so it's a little out of his target price range unless he can find one on sale. Personally, I'd avoid the internal ones - Yea - you stay away from the internal one. What a goof. Typical liberal - critical of something you've never seen, owned or used. And $500 - over the period of years he'll own the radio works out to very small and worthwhile investment. Unless you're DeWayne (hey hey hey) and buy and sell the same radio in the same week - every week. |
Mr Radio Man wrote:
snip The basic Winradio 303 (without the "professional" demodulator) runs $500 for the internal one, and $600 for the external one, so it's a little out of his target price range unless he can find one on sale. Personally, I'd avoid the internal ones - Yea - you stay away from the internal one. What a goof. Typical liberal - critical of something you've never seen, owned or used. And $500 - over the period of years he'll own the radio works out to very small and worthwhile investment. Unless you're DeWayne (hey hey hey) and buy and sell the same radio in the same week - every week. Computer technology advances much faster than radio technology. PCI slots will eventually be phased out in favor of something better. If you own a 3 year old internal Winradio, odds are you'll have a tough time buying a new computer to use it in because back then, they were all for the ISA bus - and motherboard makers started leaving ISA slots out of new designs about 4 years ago. A good radio bought today will probably still be a good radio in 20 years. But I wouldn't care to bet you'll be able to buy a new computer then that'll include a PCI slot. Whatever happens with PC architecture, odds are pretty good there will be a way to hook up something that runs on a serial port. I agree spending more can end up being a better bargain in the long run, but the guy who asked the original question set a price range, and I don't presume to know more than he does about his budget. If I did, perhaps you would be justified in thinking I was a liberal. As for me, if I was limited to $400, I think I'd go back to an R8. |
RivaScoot schrieb: Speaking of these vintage receivers lacking digital readout, would it be possible to add such a display or are there third-party displays out there? I have done this in the early 80's on a CB radio. Had a frequency counter with a 455khz offset switch. I tapped the freq in the 455khz IF stage of the single conversion radio. It's more complicated when you have a multi conversion RX. On RX's with very low or no IF stage often used in vintage RX's the tapping then may affect the signal. Modern high grade frequency counters are programmable for any offset you want or you will have to calculate all the time :-) It's not such a big deal. I also have an older multiband HF-VHF-UHF-radio wich has real analog tuning and a built-in real[tm] frequency counter -not a PLL-coupled "should be on this frequency *display*". :-) |
RivaScoot wrote:
snip Speaking of these vintage receivers lacking digital readout, would it be possible to add such a display or are there third-party displays out there? I don't want to do this, mind you, this is just another one of my off-the-wall questions. ;) RivaScoot Yes. Here's a place that offers various kits: http://www.aade.com/dfd.htm |
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:32:53 -0500, RivaScoot
wrote: On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 03:45:59 GMT, Mr Radio Man wrote: On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:55:17 -0500, "Mark S. Holden" wrote: Mr Radio Man wrote: On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:06 -0500, RivaScoot wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Purchase a computer radio. WinRadio 303i or e www.winradio.com You will love the versatility and performance. Have fun. And the price is right in your range. The basic Winradio 303 (without the "professional" demodulator) runs $500 for the internal one, and $600 for the external one, so it's a little out of his target price range unless he can find one on sale. Personally, I'd avoid the internal ones - Yea - you stay away from the internal one. What a goof. Typical liberal - critical of something you've never seen, owned or used. [snip] Your comment is a typical stereotype. My brother-in-law is conservative, yet he isn't a Jesus freak. Talk about breaking a stereotype. RivaScoot Uh - dude - it was sarcasm. You're pretty stupid. |
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 08:47:30 -0500, RivaScoot
wrote: On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 05:12:41 GMT, Mr Radio Man wrote: On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:32:53 -0500, RivaScoot wrote: On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 03:45:59 GMT, Mr Radio Man wrote: On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 14:55:17 -0500, "Mark S. Holden" wrote: Mr Radio Man wrote: On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:32:06 -0500, RivaScoot wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:56:53 -0800, tommyknocker wrote: Ed Maikranz wrote: Ok I need a new receiver. Just sold my Grundig 800 which was ok but want something different. I have about $400 what should I look for? Ed Purchase a computer radio. WinRadio 303i or e www.winradio.com You will love the versatility and performance. Have fun. And the price is right in your range. The basic Winradio 303 (without the "professional" demodulator) runs $500 for the internal one, and $600 for the external one, so it's a little out of his target price range unless he can find one on sale. Personally, I'd avoid the internal ones - Yea - you stay away from the internal one. What a goof. Typical liberal - critical of something you've never seen, owned or used. [snip] Your comment is a typical stereotype. My brother-in-law is conservative, yet he isn't a Jesus freak. Talk about breaking a stereotype. RivaScoot Uh - dude - it was sarcasm. You're pretty stupid. Only stupid people refer to other people as "dude". RivaScoot Go tote your portable dude. LMAO at the stupid 'tard. |
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