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HF-150 Europa on Ebay?
Take a look at auction number 5748673688. One concern I'd have about
this auction is that the receiver in the photo in this ad does NOT appear to be an HF-150 Europa. The Europa had "Europa" written at the bottom of its face place, as seen in this photo: http://www.rys.nl/hf150e.html. What's pictured in this ad is a standard, black case HF-150...not a Europa. Now, maybe the seller has a Europa, but pulled an image off a website without looking at it too closely. Either way, I'd certainly get clear about this before bidding. In fact, yet another complicating factor here is that some of the standard HF-150's have a backlight option installed. This makes them harder to distinguish from Europas. Steve |
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wrote in message ups.com... Take a look at auction number 5748673688. One concern I'd have about this auction is that the receiver in the photo in this ad does NOT appear to be an HF-150 Europa. The Europa had "Europa" written at the bottom of its face place, as seen in this photo: http://www.rys.nl/hf150e.html. What's pictured in this ad is a standard, black case HF-150...not a Europa. Now, maybe the seller has a Europa, but pulled an image off a website without looking at it too closely. Either way, I'd certainly get clear about this before bidding. In fact, yet another complicating factor here is that some of the standard HF-150's have a backlight option installed. This makes them harder to distinguish from Europas. Steve I've read the standard 150 is better then this one even though it has the backlit option. Is that true? Lucky |
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Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350
this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net |
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wrote in message ups.com... Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350 this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net This sold for $350 with the keypad also? Why so cheap???? Lucky |
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Lucky wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350 this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net This sold for $350 with the keypad also? Why so cheap???? Lucky The previous seller apparently didn't bother to check what they normally close for, and put it up with a low "Buy it now". On the difference between the Europa and the regular HF-150, I'd take the Europa. The input filtering is likely to be more useful than any loss in sensitivity. |
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Lucky wrote:
"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... Lucky wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350 this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net This sold for $350 with the keypad also? Why so cheap???? Lucky The previous seller apparently didn't bother to check what they normally close for, and put it up with a low "Buy it now". On the difference between the Europa and the regular HF-150, I'd take the Europa. The input filtering is likely to be more useful than any loss in sensitivity. Wow what a deal. If I didn't buy a 150 myself I would have grabbed this one. Drats.... Lucky What's the situation with parts for Lowe radios? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"starman" wrote in message ... Lucky wrote: "Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... Lucky wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350 this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net This sold for $350 with the keypad also? Why so cheap???? Lucky The previous seller apparently didn't bother to check what they normally close for, and put it up with a low "Buy it now". On the difference between the Europa and the regular HF-150, I'd take the Europa. The input filtering is likely to be more useful than any loss in sensitivity. Wow what a deal. If I didn't buy a 150 myself I would have grabbed this one. Drats.... Lucky What's the situation with parts for Lowe radios? Parts are plentiful- however, due to insurance reasons, Lowe no longer ships to the U.S. You would have to find an intermediary in EU. I stocked up on displays, mixer and CPU's some time back. Dale W4OP |
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wrote in message ups.com... Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350 this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net I live 10 min from Frank..... Lucky |
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"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... Lucky wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350 this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net This sold for $350 with the keypad also? Why so cheap???? Lucky The previous seller apparently didn't bother to check what they normally close for, and put it up with a low "Buy it now". On the difference between the Europa and the regular HF-150, I'd take the Europa. The input filtering is likely to be more useful than any loss in sensitivity. Mark, it says in this comparison between the 150 and the 150E, though there was less images on the 150E, increased noise appeared on those frequencies. The 150E is surely less sensitive too. What do you think now? http://www.anarc.org/naswa/issues/0798/equip0798.html Lucky |
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"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... Lucky wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Frank bought this on ebay with a buy it now a month ago for $350 this si the famous "centerpoint" of several years ago, he went big time in business on ebay and the net This sold for $350 with the keypad also? Why so cheap???? Lucky The previous seller apparently didn't bother to check what they normally close for, and put it up with a low "Buy it now". On the difference between the Europa and the regular HF-150, I'd take the Europa. The input filtering is likely to be more useful than any loss in sensitivity. He says: "Incorporating these RF bandpass filters should theoretically reduce spurious responses and noise. I compared the '150E to my early model '150. When the original '150 was connected to my 90/60 meter parallel dipole, there were several frequencies below 3 MHz which had images of local broadcasters. With the '150E , there were no audible images present, but there was increased noise on the same frequencies". and "I found that the original HF-150 was about 0.5 microvolts more sensitive across the HF spectrum, however, the HF-150E was within specification of less than two microvolts throughout the HF spectrum, and was typically in the range of one microvolt. I think that the higher sensitivity of the original may not be a virtue, given the radio's susceptibility for overloading. I don't think that this difference is significant, and switching in the pre-amp on the HF-150E improved the sensitivity to the level of the '150 without pre-amp" So basically he had to switch on the pre amp to bring it up to the 150's sensitivity. If you don't live in areas with strong stations, I'd rather have the sensitivity. Plus, I didn't know the backlight option can't be turned off in the E. So, it will drain your batteries if you ever use it as a portable. Lucky |
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