"dxAce" wrote in message ... Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. Damn. And I wasn't ready yet to buy one. --Mike L. |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... dxAce wrote: wrote: My guess is they'll be gone by the end of the day! Update from the website: "Universal Radio has one left as of 03/14/05 12:30 P.M. " Now added "Please call to confirm availability". Probably gone by the end of the day. Watch Radio Mart snap them up. --Mike L. |
Michael Lawson wrote: "Michael Lawson" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. Damn. And I wasn't ready yet to buy one. I've got this bad feeling that the prices on used R8/R8A/R8B are about to go up a bit, for a while at least. I guess at this point you might wish to call AES and/or HRO to inquire if they still have any in stock. dxAce Michigan USA |
"Michael Lawson" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. Damn. And I wasn't ready yet to buy one. I've got this bad feeling that the prices on used R8/R8A/R8B are about to go up a bit, for a while at least. --Mike L. |
A very fine receiver indeed.
Drake going out of serious SW radio manufacture is very sad. There is a long line of very fine Drake receivers going back decades. The Drake R7A remains an awesome performer even to this day. My review of the Drake R8A/B in Werner Funkenhausers WHAMLOG confirms they are venerable radio's. -- John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software Sony 7600D GE SRIII BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A. Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940 GE circa 50's radiogram Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop http://www.dxing.info/about/dx=ADers/plimmer.dx All I can say is, I'm glad the R8B was still around last year, when I gave myself permission to buy a nice tabletop set. It surpassed all my expectations, and then some. Steve |
AES' website www.aesham.com lists it still. No mention of being
discontinued (though obviously that means nothing). |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... Michael Lawson wrote: "Michael Lawson" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. Damn. And I wasn't ready yet to buy one. I've got this bad feeling that the prices on used R8/R8A/R8B are about to go up a bit, for a while at least. I guess at this point you might wish to call AES and/or HRO to inquire if they still have any in stock. I think I'd rather not torture myself right now about it. I can scrounge up some dollars for the Hamvention, but it's far short of the going rate for a new R8B. The vast majority of my spare buckage is heading toward replacing our garage doors. Kinda like that Harley commercial: garage doors -- R8B R8B -- garage doors --Mike L. |
Invader3K wrote: AES' website www.aesham.com lists it still. No mention of being discontinued (though obviously that means nothing). I just called Milwaukee AES and they had one left. The fellow there did not know how many were left at the other AES stores, but he figured there were only a few. dxAce Michigan USA |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. dxAce Michigan USA HA HA HA Such a great receiver that no one is buying them! I love it. Soon we won't hear dxace the "kids voice" hawk his old equipment anymore. This is too cool. Happy day for me.... Lucky |
Grove.
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:36:13 -0500, dxAce wrote: Michael Lawson wrote: "Michael Lawson" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. Damn. And I wasn't ready yet to buy one. I've got this bad feeling that the prices on used R8/R8A/R8B are about to go up a bit, for a while at least. I guess at this point you might wish to call AES and/or HRO to inquire if they still have any in stock. dxAce Michigan USA |
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