If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin

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If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin


I don't believe there ARE any US made SW radios.. or for that matter, any
radios. Even Drake is made overseas, IIRC..

Brenda Ann wrote:

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If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin


I don't believe there ARE any US made SW radios.. or for that matter, any
radios. Even Drake is made overseas, IIRC..

The Drake R8B is still made in Ohio but it's priced well beyond his
range.

Brenda Ann wrote:
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If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin



I don't believe there ARE any US made SW radios.. or for that matter, any
radios. Even Drake is made overseas, IIRC..




I think Ten-tec and Palstar are made in the USA too.

There's also Patcom - but I've yet to see a review on their rigs, and
they're out of this price range.

I never heard of Patcom shortwave radios before.I knew Drake,Ten-Tec and
Palstar radios are made in America.I will start checking Universal-Radio
and eBay.Of course,if I had my druthers,I druther have a Watkins-Johnson
shortwave radio (I don't think they are being made anymore) but I know
they are way out of my price range.Thanks for the information,folks.
cuhulin

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"Brenda Ann" wrote:

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If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin


I don't believe there ARE any US made SW radios.. or for that matter, any
radios. Even Drake is made overseas, IIRC..

Drake R8 series is USA made.
Ten-Tec is USA made.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Telamon wrote:

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"Brenda Ann" wrote:

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If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin


I don't believe there ARE any US made SW radios.. or for that matter, any
radios. Even Drake is made overseas, IIRC..

Drake R8 series is USA made.
Ten-Tec is USA made.

And they're expensive because of it. There are far more Japanese made
tabletops, such as Yaesu, especially from the 80s before China started
making all the radios. Yaesu's are inexpensive too, and IMO offer the
most bang for the buck.



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running dogg wrote:

Telamon wrote:


Drake R8 series is USA made.
Ten-Tec is USA made.

And they're expensive because of it. There are far more Japanese made
tabletops, such as Yaesu, especially from the 80s before China started
making all the radios. Yaesu's are inexpensive too, and IMO offer the
most bang for the buck.


Much as I like, over all, Yaesu's product line, they tend to produce
real bombs every now and then, and their DC-daylight jobber is one of
them. The FRG-100 and FRG-7 are far better radios. IMHO.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

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Telamon wrote:

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"Brenda Ann" wrote:

wrote in message
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If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an
American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for
me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin


I don't believe there ARE any US made SW radios.. or for that matter,
any
radios. Even Drake is made overseas, IIRC..

Drake R8 series is USA made.
Ten-Tec is USA made.

And they're expensive because of it. There are far more Japanese made
tabletops, such as Yaesu, especially from the 80s before China started
making all the radios. Yaesu's are inexpensive too, and IMO offer the
most bang for the buck.

Which models #s?

DeWayne wrote:


"running dogg" wrote in message
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Telamon wrote:

In article ,
"Brenda Ann" wrote:

wrote in message
...
If I was going to spend about $400.00 to about $500.00 for an
American
made table model Shortwave Radio,what would be the best choice for
me? I
am not interested in Chinese made radios at all.
cuhulin


I don't believe there ARE any US made SW radios.. or for that matter,
any
radios. Even Drake is made overseas, IIRC..

Drake R8 series is USA made.
Ten-Tec is USA made.

And they're expensive because of it. There are far more Japanese made
tabletops, such as Yaesu, especially from the 80s before China started
making all the radios. Yaesu's are inexpensive too, and IMO offer the
most bang for the buck.

Which models #s?

I use a FRG-8800, and while it has its quirks, it works great for me.
Others recommend the FRG-100, AKA "Century Frog".