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so what if it has a broken antenna and doesn't receive shortwave ????

To bad radio-mart didn't buy it.....we'd get to see it sold all over again!



"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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so what if it has a broken antenna and doesn't receive shortwave ????

mike maghakian wrote:

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so what if it has a broken antenna and doesn't receive shortwave ????

I had a RF2200 for years, and only gave it away
last spring to a friend. Due to not being used for
years(maybe a decade), the SW band selector switch
needed some heavy duty cleaning and turning. After
a few days of use, with many turns of the band switch
it worked great.
Very nice radio, but the analog tunning and lack of
stability limited it use to me. When I bought it I was
into RTTY and the RF2000 just didn't work for that.
Terry

"patgkz" wrote in message
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To bad radio-mart didn't buy it.....we'd get to see it sold all over
again!


After he "clensed" it of course.

Even at the $135 final bid, that's not too bad of a price for this radio at
the "collectible" level. Definitely not a "steal", but not horribly
overpriced. This model sells easily for $200+ in excellent physical and
operational shape. The antenna can be replaced for a few bucks from the
right source and the radio probably wasn't used much on SW, so the band
switch contacts probably just need a good cleaning with Deoxit. The RF-2200
is considered to be in the top 5 best shortwave portables ever made.

"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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so what if it has a broken antenna and doesn't receive shortwave ????

I was trying to point out it wasn't really a steal but that radio is only
worth about $80 in that condition


there is NO source for the proper antenna and there MAY be a serious problem
with the radio.


please give me the list of the experts who gave you this top 5 list.



"transwhite" wrote in message
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Even at the $135 final bid, that's not too bad of a price for this radio
at the "collectible" level. Definitely not a "steal", but not horribly
overpriced. This model sells easily for $200+ in excellent physical and
operational shape. The antenna can be replaced for a few bucks from the
right source and the radio probably wasn't used much on SW, so the band
switch contacts probably just need a good cleaning with Deoxit. The
RF-2200 is considered to be in the top 5 best shortwave portables ever
made.

"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2415 791&rd=1

so what if it has a broken antenna and doesn't receive shortwave ????

ranier lichtes top 5 portables (from 1987):

panasonic rf-B60
sony 2010
sony 2002
toshiba rp-f11
satellit 400
uniden 2021

sets he put in the desktop that could be in the above category a

sony crf-1
sony ic-6800wa
sony crf-320a
satellit 650

so no where is the RF-2200

and ranier is a top authority in my book


I have two RF-2200's and enjoy them a lot. I personally rate them very high.
I would rate the 2200 in the top category but I don't think they are worth
over $200. more like $150 in excellent condition



"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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I was trying to point out it wasn't really a steal but that radio is only
worth about $80 in that condition


there is NO source for the proper antenna and there MAY be a serious
problem with the radio.


please give me the list of the experts who gave you this top 5 list.



"transwhite" wrote in message
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Even at the $135 final bid, that's not too bad of a price for this radio
at the "collectible" level. Definitely not a "steal", but not horribly
overpriced. This model sells easily for $200+ in excellent physical and
operational shape. The antenna can be replaced for a few bucks from the
right source and the radio probably wasn't used much on SW, so the band
switch contacts probably just need a good cleaning with Deoxit. The
RF-2200 is considered to be in the top 5 best shortwave portables ever
made.

"mike maghakian" wrote in message
...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2415 791&rd=1

so what if it has a broken antenna and doesn't receive shortwave ????

mike maghakian wrote:

I have two RF-2200's and enjoy them a lot. I personally rate them very high.
I would rate the 2200 in the top category but I don't think they are worth
over $200. more like $150 in excellent condition

The 2200 got it's reputation as a good MW Dx'ing receiver because, being
an analog design, it has less circuit noise than some digital portables.
Otherwise, the 2200 is easily surpassed by many portables, particularly
the Sony-2010, which can capture weak signals with it's sync' detector,
better than the 2200 can without that feature.


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